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America: Home Of The Expert

This virus crisis has wiped out jobs, yes. But it has also created a lot of work for experts. Why everywhere you turn there is another expert. Usually on television. We have experts in drugs and making and distributing ventilators. We have experts in when to open up and close down cities and ...

Advice For Sorting Through Paperwork

Question: What advice can you offer for sorting through paperwork? Answer: We all have different comfort levels with paperwork. Some of us save everything, others shred everything. The advice I would give is somewhere in between. For personal mail, like letters, cards, e-mails with no ...

Piercing Illusion Of ‘Immigration Ban’

President Donald Trump unleashed his “April surprise” on Monday night, sending shock waves from the Beltway Swamp to Silicon Valley with a long-overdue announcement: “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American ...

The Virus Before The Coronavirus

With Americans hunkering down at home in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, it can sometimes feel like the end of days. However, for an unseen number of our countrymen, today’s struggle is hardly different from a miserable day-to-day existence. If you work in the school system or as a ...

A Socialistic Future Always Seems To Sound Good

Eugen Richter, a German liberal politician and journalist at the turn of the previous century, published “Pictures of the Socialistic Future” in 1893. As a work in the public domain, the ebook version can be downloaded for free. The novel describes a family anticipating the wonderful things ...

Shovels Or Sun, Spring Fails Us Every Year

I checked. In March, spring arrived on time. The sun crossed the equator around March 20, heralding the arrival of the new season. That was more than a month ago, but it’s like this every year: life becomes a giant ketchup commercial, as we sit in anticipation of spring actually ...