Mommy, Where Do Democracies Come From?
Why Think About the Question? In school we learned about the Growth of Democracy. The ancient Greek city-states invented it, but most societies were too primitive to be governed in this way. It was not ....
Category: Geography/Economics/Politics
Europe: Strategic Snapshot
Comparing Economies With talk of open warfare between Russia and Ukraine lately, now is a good time to look at a strategic snapshot of Europe. The figure shows all the countries of Europe (excluding those ....
How to Show that Covid Dangers are a Government Fantasy
Mainstream Media, Academia, Government Says Covid Killed almost 800k Americans The mainstream media claims that Covid is a dangerous disease which is so deadly that the government has to intrude into private citizens’ lives to ....
State Covid Rates Decrease with Vaccination – Or Do They?
The CDC reports that, based on a survey of health data from regions comprising about 30% of the total US population, in August vaccinated people had six time’s smaller chance of testing positive for Covid ....
My Latest Display Background
Latest picture I'm using for a screen background. This started as a blurry photo I took through a moving car's window as we were driven around the Dalmatian Coast a few years ago. It shows ....
Yep, Republican States Get Covid More
Since I, my family, my friends, and a majority of people here in the DC region are vaccinated and mask mandates have come down, I've been feeling pretty post-pandemic. But the latest numbers are a ....
An American Resource: Income of the Rich
1. What is the Limit to Taxing the Rich? There has been a lot of talk lately of the government spending huge amounts of money on new programs. There is also talk that perhaps some ....
The Marginal Tax Rate Barrier
In a future post, I will estimate how much extra funds the government could receive by raising taxes on upper income brackets. One might suppose that the maximum amount available is simply the total after-tax ....
Post Election FB Diary. (3) Reading for the Growing Threat
Yes it was a coup attempt. Here's Why Brilliant article by international relations expert Fiona Hill connects the dots to show how all of Trump's actions have been building to an illegal seizure of power. ....
Post-Election FB Diary (2) After the Explosion
6 January 5:15pm Trump message to protesters invading the Capitol: he loves them and everyone knows he won the election. This is the president you gave us, Trump voters. 6 January 8:54pm Not a huge ....