FROM MY CORNER Our Brief History If you have never read it, I suggest you will find Charles van Doren’s book, “A History of Knowledge” greatly entertaining. It may even give you a new found sense of optimism for the human race. I read it about once a year to boost my outlook to a… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER The Big Fight: Which Economy? This ideological battle between Capitalism and Socialism is futile. To understand how utterly worthless the fight is, please note the following: futile means that for all the shouting and punching at each other for a long time, no progress whatsoever is being made by either side. Only one… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Help The ACLU A recent well-researched magazine article demonstrates that the American Civil Liberties Union has been for almost 100 years our country’s champion of civil liberties. It correctly points out, however, that the ACLU’S well-intended policy of supporting conceptually racist Nazi Agitators’ alleged right to speak is a poorly considered policy…. continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Hungering for Clothes Burberry Clothing just burned $40 million of their clothes and accessories to create a shortage of supply to insure a continued high price in the market for their items. Media wrote this up as a degradation of the environment, worried about the smoke produced fouling the air. Not a… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER The Counterfeit Hero After the 2008 recession, the Veterans Administration medically tested me for a year and a half, then eventually awarded me a full disabled veteran’s retirement pension. It has always bothered me. It is not what I requested when the military determined that, at my “advanced age” my active duty… continue reading »
