I was born squarely in the middle of the “baby boom” generation. We had daily bible readings in my first grade public school class. We said the pledge of allegiance through high school in my public school system. Boomers are sometimes identified with the protests, rebelliousness and non-conformity of the ‘60s, but many or most […]

Another well written recreation of the Scopes Trial of 1925. It has been called the Scopes Money Trial. This a bit different than the movie you may watch on the topic. As the story goes John T. Scopes was approached by the American Civil Liberties Union to teach evolution. John Thomas Scopes was a young […]

 – by New Deal democrat From the Declaration of Independence: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and […]

Pres. Trump revokes our independence And on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” […]

WI Representative Derrick: And “yes” just so you know, I did vote for the bill even though I knew it might endanger Wisconsin citizens and Wisconsin rural hospitals may be forced to close. AB: Wow, what an upright guy! Republican Congressional Representative Derrick warns Democrat Governor Tony Evers he has to do something. Bur the […]

 – by New Deal democrat Even before the new Administration took office in Washington, my focus had been on whether the economy would have a “soft” or “hard” landing, i.e., recession. That has only intensified by the utter chaos of this Administration, particularly about tariffs. So my focus now is looking for “hard” vs.”soft” data indicating […]

Yesterday, we were discussing Round Abouts (AZ) or what they call Traffic Circles (New Jersey) in this article. My first experience at navigating one such creature was in Asbury Park, New Jersey. I was temporality stationed (as a Marine) at Fort Monmouth going to Crypto-Tech training for six months. I was able to borrow a […]

 – by New Deal democrat  This week data arrives in two batches: a smaller batch (ISM manufacturing and construction spending) tomorrow, and a huge tranche (nonfarm payrolls, jobless claims, ISM services, and factory orders) on Thursday. Which means I might take Wednesday off, and/or delay reporting on some of Thursday’s data until Friday. In the meantime, […]

(Anti-De) Not all republicans, all Republican politicians.  Who weren’t always.  In my lifetime, in my children’s lifetimes, patriotic, democracy loving Republican politicians were common.  Now, I challenge anyone to name one Republican congressional member worth spit. Before the Republican party’s infamous ‘southern strategy’, liberal, honest Republican politicians were not uncommon.  One could easily name a […]

Nate Silver makes lemonade from lemons: “Is Trump less popular than he was a few weeks ago? Yes. Is he now firmly underwater on his best issue (immigration)? Also yes. But he’s still more popular today than he was at this point during his first term. On day 159 of term 1, Trump’s net approval […]