What about homelessness and the explosion thereof in the recent decades? Yes, it predates Trump. Contemporary mention, and the beginnings of the stoplight beggars, came in the late 1970’s when the economy was suffering double digit inflation and became a staple news item during the early 1980s. One thing you see mentioned often is the change in hospitalization/confinement protocols for the seriously mentally ill, but that doesn’t even begin to address the large numbers of hom

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...