Commentary on the Facets of Life, Usually Based on Personal Experience, Data, and Logic.
Posted in Government, Management, and Responsibility
The Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE for short, has one highly visible and vitally important set of Key Result Measures, federal government revenue, spending, and…
Posted in Books, Government, and Race
In Peggy Noonan’s “A Certain Idea of America,” a sentence in an essay on the American Dream caught my attention: “The original sin of America,…
We owe a lot to our billionaires! I know there is a lot of disrespect and accusations that they aren’t paying their fair share to…
Posted in Government, Inflation, Management, Politicians, and Responsibility
The Issue A fundamental problem facing the United States of America is that our federal government is irresponsibly spending about ten trillion dollars per year…
Posted in Patriotism, and Politics
I wonder what percent of USA citizens would agree that these are sixteen primary reasons Donald J. Trump won a second term as POTUS. Maybe…
Posted in Uncategorized
The fundamental issue that divides “conservatives” from “liberals” in the United States is size of the federal government. The pure conservative believes that it should…
Posted in Economics
Two years ago I posted what I considered Vital Signs for the long term economic health of the US. It focused on total outgo vs.…
Posted in Economics, Government, and National Debt
Having been facing some medical issues for the past couple of years, I am very familiar with the declaration, “I’m going to check your vitals.”…
Posted in Uncategorized
Tonsillectomies I have clear memories of having my tonsils removed at age 5 or 6 in the 1940’s. It was standard procedure for children at…
Posted in National Defense
This post is a revision and updating of one originally done March 7, 2012, on a former blog. June 28, 2010, I had done a…