OCT-DEC, 2011
23 January 2012
Word count: 493
New novel by the writer of the “Writer’s Notebook” is situated on a utopian planet on which religious, economic, political, and social institutions obey a coherent set of nature-inspired rules–all accruing, of course, to the enormous benefit of the planet’s population.
24 October 2011
Word count: 451
Raising the possibility of a dual currency.
24 October 2011
Word count: 5070
The 800-pound gorilla in the classroom is the teachers union.
24 October 2011
Word count: 2286
Our dilemma is that we must defend ourselves against terrorism yet, at the same time, the cost of doing so is unsustainable under the rules we have set for ourselves.
24 October 2011
Word count: 433
Be prepared to flee indoors.
International
24 October 2011
Word count: 451
Raising the possibility of a dual currency.
24 October 2011
Word count: 2286
Our dilemma is that we must defend ourselves against terrorism yet, at the same time, the cost of doing so is unsustainable under the rules we have set for ourselves.
24 October 2011
Word count: 433
Be prepared to flee indoors.
1 April 2011
Word count: 867
The Tehran Telegraph covers a highpoint in the cultural life of this enlightened metropolis.
1 April 2011
word count: 1333
Unprecedented challenges call for unprecendented action.
1 April 2011
Word Count 2151
Needed: a universal, democratic (minus legislators) constitution capable of withstanding the storms that have brought down nations in the past
1 April 2011
Word count: 2175
Constitution must be protected by an International Costabulary acting within a jurisdiction like that of a local police force.
1 April 2011
Word count: 1642
A world government will gradually emerge as nations enjoy success under the constitution’s umbrella.
U.S. Politics
24 October 2011
Word count: 5070
The 800-pound gorilla in the classroom is the teachers union.
24 October 2011
Word count: 2286
Our dilemma is that we must defend ourselves against terrorism yet, at the same time, the cost of doing so is unsustainable under the rules we have set for ourselves.
1 April 2011
word count: 1333
Unprecedented challenges call for unprecendented action.
1 January 2011
Word count: 4154
The President can call for more jobs until he is blue in the face but his words will ring hollow if the factory floor is empty
1 January 2011
Word Count 2005
Exclusive report on what the country needs now
30 September 2010
Word count: 253
A nostalgic look back at the four groups that were most responsible for the Great Recession.
30 September 2010
`Word count: 1495
What it will take, in my opinion, to rescue the country from its perilous economic state.
U.S. Economics
24 October 2011
Word count: 433
Be prepared to flee indoors.
1 January 2011
Word Count: 4867
A few modest suggestions designed to eliminate income disparity, class envy, street violence, revolutions and other disagreeable features of our economic system.
1 January 2011
Word count: 4154
The President can call for more jobs until he is blue in the face but his words will ring hollow if the factory floor is empty
1 January 2011
Word Count 2005
Exclusive report on what the country needs now
30 September 2010
`Word count: 1495
What it will take, in my opinion, to rescue the country from its perilous economic state.
17 June 2010
Word count: 3924
The Security and Exchange Commission has failed miserably to meet its own mission-statement objectives.
30 September 2009
Word count: 1968
The reasons fissures keep occurring in the economy is the same reason cracks keep appearing in the walls of some houses. The problem in both cases is that they’re sitting on a shaky foundation. Plastering over the cracks doesn’t help for long; the next tremors from below dislocate things all over again.
The question “what’s wrong with our economic system?” thus ineluctably leads to the question, “what’s wrong with money?”
30 September 2009
Word count: 1404
All citizens are issued an account at birth through which all their transactions flow–deposits and deductions. There is no paper currency, no coinage.
U.S. Social Issues
24 October 2011
Word count: 5070
The 800-pound gorilla in the classroom is the teachers union.
10 April 2011
word count: 2,116
For those viewers of the “Atlas Shrugged” movie in need of an antidote.
1 January 2011
Word Count: 4867
A few modest suggestions designed to eliminate income disparity, class envy, street violence, revolutions and other disagreeable features of our economic system.
30 September 2010
Word count: 371
No need to repeat the criticisms of Obama’s health care reform bill. What disturbs me even more is what the bill leaves out.
30 September 2009
Word count: 2244
The food voucher system is virtually cost free to the government. It is, in reality, a form of income redistribution in which the rich, on a voluntary basis, subsidize the poor.
17 July 2009
Word count: 2202
Public schools in the United States are too fargone for cosmetic reforms. A more radical renovation is called for starting with the National Education Association.
Fiction
23 January 2012
Word count: 493
New novel by the writer of the “Writer’s Notebook” is situated on a utopian planet on which religious, economic, political, and social institutions obey a coherent set of nature-inspired rules–all accruing, of course, to the enormous benefit of the planet’s population.
24 October 2011
Word count: 3078
Eddie relates the sad fate of Herculus and SVI’s declining fortunes
2 July 2011
Stelzer and Matilda are joined by Eddie on their walk back to the dorm from the Pageant
10 April 2011
word count: 2,116
For those viewers of the “Atlas Shrugged” movie in need of an antidote.
1 April 2011
Word count: 867
The Tehran Telegraph covers a highpoint in the cultural life of this enlightened metropolis.
1 April 2011
Word count: 4645
From Stelzer’s standpoint, the intermissions were as action-filled as were the events depicted in the pageant itself.
Religion
30 September 2010
Word count: 950
Before Islam can be considered a legitimate religion, it has to act like one.
16 July 2009
Word count: 1867
Creationism has enjoyed considerable success in its confrontation with various branches of science. Physics next?
word count: 1754
15 July 2009
word count: 2653
How about another cultural revolution? Not necessarily as fervid as the first and certainly not as violent. But one that might have as great an impact over an even longer period.
29 April 2009
Word count: 6284
I originally intended to describe a viable contemporary religion in essay form. However, the more I tried to anticipate expected criticism, the more a dialogue format asserted itself.
29 April 2009
Word count: 8568
Minister McIntyre of the Church of Scientific Guidance instructs the couple in his religion’s system of beliefs. The two lovers become devotees and are happily reconciled.
Commentary
24 October 2011
Word count: 433
Be prepared to flee indoors.
10 April 2011
word count: 2,116
For those viewers of the “Atlas Shrugged” movie in need of an antidote.
1 January 2011
Word Count 2005
Exclusive report on what the country needs now
30 September 2010
Word count: 1118
Politics aside, the fact is that some nations do some things better than we do in the U.S. I’ve listed a few that come to mind. Perhaps you can contribute others via comments.
30 September 2010
Word count: 532
Random ideas that would never see the light of day but for the Internet. More proof that it is indeed a mixed blessing.
17 June 2010
Word count: 2302
A few scattered impressions from a recent trip to the Orient.
30 December 2009
word count: 142
A note of appreciation to the hacker who dove deep into the very bowels of the Internet to grace my humble, obscure site.