The perception being, citizens are viewing it as not as serious for a second year. “Crime in U.S. Seen as Less Serious for Second Straight Year,” GALLUP WASHINGTON, D.C. — Building on last year’s less-negative assessments of crime in the U.S., Americans’ perceptions have again improved in 2025. Less than half, 49%, now say crime is an […]
Tariffs do not make the United States secure. Many countries like to sell and supply to the US because it is a large market. The people are more secure and can afford many things. The US relies on foreign countries to supply many different things to it. Some of the hazards of such a reliance […]
J.P. McJefferson The dysfunction of today’s federal government is not simply the product of political division or individual leaders; it is rooted in the internal rules of Congress itself. The Founders, in one of their few major oversights, granted Congress the authority to make its own procedural rules (Article I, Section 5) without establishing any […]
I’ve long said that libertarianism is the political philosophy of middle school boys and arrested development, the apotheosis of solipsism. Libertarianism holds that property rights are the only rights that matter, and that in any conflict the marketplace, not the state, must and can resolve conflicts between interests. That, my friends, is feudalism. And feudalism, […]
GM backs away a bit from it Electric Vehicle (EV) strategy. Manufacturing capacity was there. Sales was not there yet. If anything, this foray into EV manufacture will give them a chance to regroup. It takes time to recast their manufacturing capabilities for each year’s model change and what manufacturing facility will produce it. Usually, […]
The high school my wife and I attended in East Tennessee back in the early 70s offered both home ec and shop. She took home ec, but I didn’t take shop. Shop was power tools and home ec was domestic skills like cooking and sewing. The Boston Globe just published an article that reminded me […]
I broke this comment by Deb Schultz (comments section “Traditional Medicare Open Enrollment is Now”) into three different segments to emphasize each part. Deb and I talked once before. I agree with her comments. It is worth reading so you understand the issues. Please read. ~~~~~~~ “Is this open season for Traditional Medicare available only […]
Still issues with Medicare Advantage plans being easy to use and similar to Traditional Medicare. One of the big issues is getting authorization for additional care. MA plans are meant to be profitable. Indeed, various organizations bid on providing care under Medicare Advantage. The they have to meet whatever their bidding targeted them. Denial of […]
I just finished reading “Atoms to ashes: A global history of nuclear disasters” by Harvard history professor Serhii Plokhy. The book provides detailed accounts of six major nuclear accidents: • The Castle Bravo Test (1954), a hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll that was more powerful than expected; • The Kyshtym Disaster (1957), a […]
Xi’s China is so far defying gravity. Despite its history of despotic autocratic party rule, Xi has managed to govern in a way that has promoted economic strength while projecting international resilience. Xi has kept his eye on the ball, while Trump has kept one eye on the mirror and the other on Fox News, […]