Lead story at CNN was this: Washington (CNN) — An internal Veterans Affairs audit released Monday said tens of thousands of newly returning veterans wait at least 90 days for medical care, while even more who signed up in the VA system over the past 10 years never got an immediate appointment they requested. I […]
‘Food desert’ is not a common idea on people’s minds, but we also tend to say “Let them eat cake” when it comes to obesity. Michael Pollan suggests: Stay out of the middle of the supermarket; shop on the perimeter of the store. It is not just what you eat but how you eat. “Always […]
Religious ethics rarely enter into mainstream economic theory, but they are topics that [economics professor cum Eric Cantor slayer David] Brat, who describes himself in his writing as a Calvinist, has turned to repeatedly. In a 2011 article, “God and Advanced Mammon — Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?” published in a journal of […]
Quick take on how things are shaking out in House Leadership including Committees: Paul Ryan: from Budget to Ways and Means Tom Price: to Budget Jeb Hensarling: to Financial Services Hal Rogers: maintains House Appropriations Let’s just say that none of those guys seems like champions of the New Deal or likely members of any […]
Republicans said the bill wouldn’t have done anything to lower education costs or reduce borrowing, and they accused Democrats of playing politics by highlighting an issue that was bound to fail. — Senate Republicans block student loan bill, Erica Werner, Associated Press, today The bill, written and sponsored by Elizabeth Warren, would allowed borrowers, including those […]
I’m posting this here as a topical subject. It may not seem economics related, but to me it is as it speaks to trust. There is no way a nation can continue to produce $16 trillion dollars a year and not have trust as a basic position to starting all conversations. No nation built on […]
This was an answer in the local Weekly Reader to a couple of others who insisted VA healthcare should be disassembled and handed over to the private sector. I guess I could have said “nuts; I did say “nonsense.” “All right, they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re in front of us, they’re […]
I chased prisoners in 71 at Camp Lejeune as a sergeant and stood duty NCO at the Barrel Club Leeward side Gtmo, Cuba 1970 as a Corporal. It was not much fun dealing with those being discharged or drunk. I think some have the right idea on how to handle hostile drunks. Enjoy. Hat Tip: […]
June’s issue of Atlantic Monthly brings to the reader a series of graphs as presented by Derek Thompson’s “How the Rich Shall Inherit the Earth”. The article gives a pictorial representation of what has taken place since the eighties in skewing income to a small, very small group of individuals numbering < than a hundred […]
Via Azimuth comes a very detailed and sourced post on basic physics of climate change. Well worth the time to view or review, especially before commenting. by Jan Galkowski 1. How Heat Flows and Why It Matters Is there something missing in the recent climate temperature record? Heat is most often experienced as energy density, […]