What Have We Learned?
I hope as you read this you'll take a few seconds or a few minutes in memory of those who died, and in sympathy with those who lived but whose lives were permanently changed, by the terrorist attacks on 9/11.
Does Locking Down A Country Make Sense?
New Zealand had a recent case of someone positive for Covid and now is in its toughest lockdown in over a year. Jacinda Ardern, the much-praised Prime Minister, had embarked on a strategy all along of eradication, not trying to
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
The reason seatbelts are mandated by law is that everyone is safer who's in your car in the event of a crash. The reduction of injuries and fatalities also lowers insurance premiums. (Of course, politicians aren't always rationale. In Rhode
Cuomo
I've felt for a long time that this guy should be out on the street. He's abused women, caused nursing home deaths, covered up negative reports, intimidated accusers, connived a $6 million book deal on government time, arranged for family
It’s Not Who Wins, It’s How Much Money Is At Stake
If you're a private firm, and customers are down by 40%, employees and customers are becoming ill because you're flouting proper health precautions, your senior management has been accurately accused and fired for sexual harassment and Holocaust "jokes," and your
Olympic Disaster
The world record holder in javelin was just disqualified because he has Covid. If you win this event, do you really have the chutzpah to accept the gold medal? These Olympics should never have been held, and are an example of
Shots Unfired
If you're wondering why it is that the most powerful country in the world can't improve or resolve it's problems with immigration, climate, crime, homelessness and poverty, gun violence, and so forth, consider the fact that it can't even gain
Shooting Gallery
We're concerned about the tragedy in Florida where we're not sure yet how many people died in that building collapse. We should be equally concerned, if not more so, about the 150 people who were shot and killed of the three-day
A Man on the Moon or A Kid in A Classroom
How is it that we could land men on the moon in the late 60s and a half-century later have failed to solve the problems of poverty and unequal opportunity? How is it we create holographic images and 3-D printing,
If It Hurts, Stop Doing It. That Will Be $50,000.
I am not loathe to admit that the great preponderance of my success has been based on common sense. It's a rare commodity. Look back over the last year and ask yourself if the government and scientists have used much