OK, I have heard many times the argument that current SS beneficiaries will draw out far more than they ever put in, at least in part because life expectancies have risen. Yay for improved health. Usually this argument looks at the face value of the total dollar amount somebody put in during their working years. During my 54 years of working and paying taxes, I put in, at face value, $166K calculated at the employee rates that varied from 4.6% to 6.2%. That ignores the many y

Now that, as widely anticipated, the Supreme Court has overturned Rove v. Wade, it is not tantamount to banning abortion.

Looking past some of the Right's "We've always been at war with Eastasia" fear of never-ending war to support the military-industrial complex, weakening Russia seems to many to be a positive in the near term, possibly even in the long term. But trying to apply the thoughts of Hazlitt and Friedman, I wonder that some of the other likely consequences don't seem to be being considered.   When there's a triad of powerful nations a world order is established, with or without any d

The Role of Government The proper role of government versus what those other guys want. Not so simple, but I can start with attempting to...

Finally did something about the deteriorating kitchen sink faucet. Got a pretty nice one with one of those pull-down sprayers, and as I...