Recent Writings
Perspective and comments regarding current ideas and occurances in society.
Is Global Warming a Hoax?
When I was young in the 1950s and 1960s, I do remember a lot of discussion about dirty air and water that was a side effect of the industrial revolution and manufacturing that was taking place primarily in the United States and Western Europe at the time. There was...
Proper Use of Capital
Only in a democratic country are ordinary citizens allowed to own property, accumulate wealth and accumulate and use capital. That is why capitalism was born in democratic nations. We all know that citizens of communist countries are not allowed to accumulate wealth...
Open Letter to Jay Powell
Dear Mr. Powell, We need to reassess the status of our economy, inflation, interest rates and recession. It is true that we do not make anything in the United States anymore and therefore supply has to come from overseas. It is also true that clogs and delays in the...
Population Control
I remember that, when I was a child, regardless of educational background, we all seemed to come to know that God created Planet Earth and later created mankind and instructed us to “increase and multiply and fill the earth”. Well, perhaps He did not mean up to nearly...
Conflict and War
With the exception of 9/11, Americans have not faced actual conflict right here in our homeland since the Civil War. We have sent soldiers to fight all over the world, but it has not come home to threaten our lives and our homes. But world history is not a history of...
Global Warming
If we are able to look up into the night sky, we would see perhaps millions of stars. Each of these stars is likely a solar system similar to the one in which we live. In my book “Past Present and Future of Planet Earth”, I make reference to the fact that the...
United States Central Bank Digital Currency
On March 9, 2022, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14067 apparently for the purpose of “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets” The investment in cryptocurrencies has been growing dramatically in recent years and it is essential for the...
Thank You Bill Clinton
Let me at first say that everything I write is based on my own observations and represents my own opinion of the state of United States affairs. I offer no evidence to substantiate my opinions. This article is basically about the transportation industry which appears...
Will Democracy and Capitalism Survive?
Friction and war seem to stubbornly persist on Planet Earth. There are a number of reasons for war, some of which appear to date back to the origin of mankind. Men have been killing each other over religion for all of recorded history. Today, it appears to me that...