Politics
A modest proposal on preventing the poor people of Central America from becoming a burden to the United States of America It is sad to walk through the urban areas of this great country, and see the streets crowded with illegal immigrants surviving off of the public...
This example is based on fact and is designed to provide a discussion framework for looking at the complexities of managing healthcare costs. The Disease: Hemophilia A [1] The Cause: A...
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, OH MY!!! Well, well, well. Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of NYC. I have heard for 9 months from the Republican faithful about Mr. Trump: “He was elected by the voters; give him a chance; let’s see what he does.” Mr. Trump won the...
In recent days we have seen Mr. Trump cancel funding for major projects authorized by Congressional act and signed into law by the President. We have seen the cancellation of funding for wind power plants, for a rail tunnel between NJ and NY, for approved and...
On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM Claude Gerstle wrote: Despite a lot of research, effort and money leading to improved student outcome in secondary schools over the last 20 years, all the gains have occurred in the top half of students with the bottom half and...
NATIONALISM VS GLOBALISM In the previous notes I have attempted to describe how inflation is measured, how companies react to price increases, causing increased inflation, and how the inflation in the US relates to the inflation in the EU and the world in general....
As I have said, I am not an economist, just an observer and my simplification of how inflation works was intended to put us all on the same page as a basis for this note. I have spoken to two eminent economists whose views are not necessarily the same, but who have...
In my last essay I discussed how increased costs result in increased prices and how those increases in prices are measured by “inflation”. In this note I want to bring us all to the same page on how the inflation measured over the prior year results in increased...
INFLATION GAP (PART 1) This is the first in a group of essays on inflation.I am not an economist, just an observer, and I hope that those of you who are economists will correct my errors and forgive my impertinence. What I have been looking at is the relationship...
In my previous note I tried to layout the importance of basic research as a fuel for commercial companies and their development of new products. Although the ROI on basic research and discovery is huge, it is unpredictable specifically because discoveries are...
Both the Democrats and the Republicans Know Better BOTTOM LINE Politicians are motivated by how their voters perceive them. It matters that their public statements reinforce their closely cultivated political image. Deviation from that posture is seen as “selling...