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  • How the Ruling Class Might Elect Bloomberg and Realign American Politics

    How the Ruling Class Might Elect Bloomberg and Realign American Politics0

    The Democratic Party’s establishment might well succeed in making Michael Bloomberg president of the United States – not on Election Night 2020, however. But it could happen if a third party were to win some electoral votes and, with no candidate receiving a majority of them, the House of Representatives was called upon to choose between the

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  • Farming Isn’t an Information Age Skill

    Farming Isn’t an Information Age Skill0

    Hwilc pe gepuht betwux woruld crœftas heoldan ealdordom? Eorptilp, forpam se yrpling us ealle fett.  [Master] Which do you think, amongst the world-crafts, holds the most authority? [Pupil] Agriculture, for the farm feeds us all. — Œlfric’s Colloqy There’s an art to making hay. When executed properly, haymaking enables farmers to feed animals with the

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  • Bring Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Home From China

    Bring Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Home From China0

    Suppose we ran out of antibiotics? Suppose penicillin suddenly disappeared from our pharmacies and hospitals? Suppose the pain suppressants we use for headaches and arthritis, blood pressure medications, and drugs used to treat everything from Alzheimer’s to depression were suddenly no longer available? In a September 19, 2019 report from NBC News, Rosemary Gibson, author of China Rx,

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  • The Decline of the Boy Scouts… but the Rise of Masculinity?

    The Decline of the Boy Scouts… but the Rise of Masculinity?0

    The Boy Scouts of America is filing for bankruptcy. A press release announced the move, citing the need to “equitably compensate victims who were harmed during their time in Scouting.” The statement refers, of course, to the many Scouts who were sexually abused as young boys. Seeking to rectify wrongs and move on in providing

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  • The Coronavirus Could Hurt the Chinese Economy for Years

    The Coronavirus Could Hurt the Chinese Economy for Years0

    Investors are still being fairly complacent about the novel coronavirus. After the number of new daily cases suddenly shot up to more than 15,000 on February 12 following more than a week of decline, there were some jitters in the markets. With Chinese authorities saying the increase was due to a decision to broaden the

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  • The 1619 Project and the ‘Reframing’ of History

    The 1619 Project and the ‘Reframing’ of History0

    There are many reasons why Indiana Jones became an iconic character after his debut in the 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark, but one of them is because he is an archeologist and a historian. The contrast between the whip-wielding adventurer and his chosen profession made a beautiful irony, since the stereotype of the historian is

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  • Social Security Is a Terrible ‘Investment’

    Social Security Is a Terrible ‘Investment’0

    Social Security, the primary retirement savings tool and biggest tax for millions of Americans, is a bad deal, critics contend. They argue that mandatory Social Security is a poor investment because it only provides an average annual income of some $17,000. This is a lousy return on the decades of tax payments, critics contend. They

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  • Bernie Sanders, Not Jeff Bezos, Is the Face of Greed

    Bernie Sanders, Not Jeff Bezos, Is the Face of Greed0

    Until Bernie Sanders was elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1981, he had never held a steady job. Almost 40, he had been “virtually unemployed” his entire adult life. Those who knew Sanders before he was elected mayor say “he was always poor” and lived “just one step above hand to mouth.” Despite completing a

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  • Why the Deception? The Chinese Government and Coronavirus

    Why the Deception? The Chinese Government and Coronavirus0

    If you have kept abreast of the coronavirus outbreak in China, an influenza threatening to spread to other parts of the globe, you may be aware that some investigators who believed the virus came from a laboratory rather than a wet market were ridiculed for being anti-Chinese and conspiracy theorists. It now seems that events

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