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ken melvin writes about Black Holes

This is written by KenMelvin Black Holes: Just for the sake of discussion, let’s say that there were five hundred billionaires in the US yesterday, and that, on average, each…

There are Three Federalist Societies

A comment taken from Ken Melvin’s commentary “The Coup.” Ken Melvin discussing with JackD. Yeah. Sen, Whitehouse makes this distinction: In effect, there are three Federalist Societies. The first (Federal…

Tip of the Iceberg

by Ken Melvin (reader Ken Melvin offers more on climate change) Tip of the Iceberg Around the world, the poorest live on marginal land. Land where, whether due the shortness…

Angry Bear readership up 28%

…to newer Angry Bear contributors Eric Kramer, Ken Melvin, Michael Smith; colleagues Barkley Rosser, Peter Dorman, Sandwichman, and pgl (based at Econospeak); the prolific New Deal democrat (based at Bonddad…

Competency

Competency by Ken Melvin What is the first criteria when a Board of Directors goes looking for a new CEO? When the construction firm goes looking for a project manager?…

Me Worthies

Me Worthies by Ken Melvin If 40% of Americans think like Trump thinks, is America worth saving? At his rallies, we see C-SPAN shots of mostly overweight middle-aged and somewhat…