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What My Mother Saw
by Bert B.
views: 59 | rating: 10 | comments: 37
January 05, 2008 12:17 AM EST -- This would have been my mother's 110 th year if she were still alive. She was born in 1898. She lived a long, and for the most part, healthy life, dying in 1990 at the age of 91. Even though she . . . more
Do The Rich Need a Tax Cut?
by Bert B.
views: 45 | rating: 10 | comments: 31
May 30, 2008 02:54 AM EDT -- I recently had a lengthy discussion with a friend about income tax rates.   I stated that the first thing President Obama should do is abolish the "tax cuts for the rich" that Bush pushed . . . more
June 02, 2008 03:52 PM EDT -- If you read the first essay with this title, you probably realized that there was a lot more to say on the subject.   The first essay argued that unrestrained Capitalism was increasingly unsuited . . . more
July 10, 2008 01:25 AM EDT -- It is finally coming out…what this whole Iraqi War is about.   Fadhil Chalabi, an Iraqi advisor to Bush before the invasion recently described the war as, "a strategic move on the part . . . more
June 01, 2008 09:15 PM EDT -- This is the first of two articles addressing the subject of Capitalism, and how it has powered our nation from obscurity to the pinnacle of superpower status, but how it now threatens not only the future . . . more
The Tragedy of the Commons
by Bert B.
views: 119 | rating: 10 | comments: 68
June 17, 2008 03:53 PM EDT -- The Tragedy of the Commons (TOC) is not widely known or understood, except among people who have studied environmental science.   The depletion of fishery stocks and whale populations are graphic . . . more
June 18, 2008 10:53 PM EDT -- Today, June 18 th , President Bush said that the Democrats are to blame for high oil prices.   When I read this, I laughed out loud…and then I got mad.   This is truly the era . . . more
March 12, 2008 01:46 AM EDT -- I have been watching the recent escalation in crude oil and gasoline prices, plus the worsening economic conditions, with a combination of horror and "I told you so." Back in 2005, I wrote . . . more
Obama's Cabinet
by Bert B.
views: 174 | rating: 8.2 | comments: 202
May 11, 2008 02:04 AM EDT -- It is looking increasingly likely that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for president, and according to recent LA Times polls, he would beat John McCain by 8 percentage points if the election . . . more
May 24, 2008 12:25 AM EDT -- It might be a bit premature, but I am already looking ahead to Obama's second term, and it occurs to me that there is a very good chance that there won't be one.   Why?   The . . . more
July 24, 2006 02:01 PM EDT -- Memo to SUV owners: Are you waiting for gasoline prices to decline?  Don't hold your breath. Headline in the LA Times Business Section today (July 24th): Will Mexico Soon Be Tapped Out? . . . more
Think Electric Car
by Bert B.
views: 77 | rating: 10 | comments: 27
June 26, 2008 03:46 AM EDT -- Think electric car.   That's a good idea.   It's also the name of a new battery-powered pure electric vehicle that is in the initial production stages in Norway.   Aurskog, . . . more
 
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