Are we staring at a recession? You have surely seen or heard reports, opinion and speculation to that effect. Gloom has been a mini-rage lately. A few questions are in order. Are economists able to accurately predict recessions? No. If their accuracy percentages...
Suppose a guy at work convinces you the world is going to end in a week. So you craft a few plans. You make sure you’re wearing clean underwear. You clean out the fridge. You double-brush your teeth before bed. You call the kids. Next month a minister convinces you...
Perhaps the time has come for a Bile Holiday. Or a Hatred Holiday. Shortly after he was inaugurated, FDR declared a 4-day Bank Holiday. This was after all the states declared bank holidays. The idea was to calm the turbulence caused by so many bank failures. I propose...
If there’s one thing we’re good at in this country it is expanding things. From our waistlines and hamburgers to the NBA season, we know how to make things bigger and longer. Please note I do not imply necessarily better. The Baseball Hall of Fame serves up a good...
Our Language Police have their hands full. Lately the LPs have pushed the Berkeley, Cal. city council to scrub sexist words. Like manpower and manholes. In favor of human-effort and maintenance holes. (Please imagine a worker saying...
When you watch the new film APOLLO 11 you will notice things that others miss. That is the way we are with films. Here are a few things that caught my attention. The film is the video record of the moon mission fifty years ago. From pre-liftoff to the astronauts...