Recent Writings
Perspective and comments regarding current ideas and occurances in society.
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...
Family Values
What is the origin of family life? How and why did it come to be? We all know that men and women must come together to have children so that mankind will have a future on Planet Earth. I expect that, from the earliest stages, staying together as a family became the...
Who is Responsible for High Gas Prices?
So many different reasons are offered for the high gas prices we are experiencing. There is Russia’s war against Ukraine. Some blame the oil companies for being greedy. We could say that OPEC is producing less to create shortages and keep prices high. Certainly, the...
Slavery
Slavery may be one of the most misused and most misunderstood words in the English language. Everyone in this country knows what slavery is said to be. Slavery is what we did to black African people when we brought them to the United States to pick cotton due to a...
What is Vladimir Putin Saying?
Vladimir Putin has been saying since before he invaded Ukraine that the United States is making it necessary for him to take such steps on behalf of the Russian people. In fact, since the end of World War II, Russia has been making statements that the United States...
The Dangers of Cryptocurrencies
It is easy to understand how the increase in value of cryptocurrencies in the early days, which created an increase in wealth for many, has encouraged the incredible growth of interest in them that we are experiencing. Investment in today’s day and age seems to...