A while back there was a lot of discussion around a pair of essays penned by venture capitalist Paul Graham. The first one is well researched, thoughtful, and raises a compelling hypothesis of what he believes are the unique forces…
You know Millennials routinely get called out for their entitled nature. All too often I see the criticism as overblown, but let’s go with the premise for a moment and ask where did they get these ideas from. I’m reminded…
Funny there are a bunch of articles floating around this week claiming in large print things like “NASA ADMITS FOSSIL FUELS COOL THE PLANET” seeing these pop up on my feed I thought, that doesn’t seem right, so I…
We must now come to terms with the reality that we now have a three party political system. We have the Democrats, the Republicans, and the Burn it Down Crazies (BDC). The Republicans have tried to maintain a coalition with…
I most certainly didn’t start at this position. Like most Americans the idea of owning a home was tantamount to owning a chunk of Americana. But the recent discussions of wages got me thinking about what we value in this…
An interesting thing took place recently. Workers from across the country united against what they felt were unfair work practices and began to protest. This in and of itself is remarkable since the labor movement has been all but spayed…
Last year was not good for race relations in the US. To be honest there really hasn’t been a “good year” but there have been non-bad years 2014 though was not one of them. A lot of people on my…
I’ve been trying to formulate an honest and measured opinion about the latest trend of unarmed black men being killed by the police. I’ve tried to distance myself and tried to put myself in the position of the police who…
It almost seems like many people want to think that Abe Lincoln freed the slaves and the next weekend Martin Luther King was marching on Washington.
There is a lot of talk going around about raising the minimum wage. Conservatives have coalesced around the idea that raising the minimum wage right now is a terrible idea because it will hurt small business. According to conservatives the…