Reading time – 4:10 . . . I’ve written many times about the likelihood of this becoming the Chinese century and the many things we’re doing (or not doing) to make that a reality. We pay a huge price for our shortsightedness and small thinking. We’ve been complacent since our 1950s dominance of the world… [read more]
Once again the Republicans are threatening to refuse to raise the debt ceiling. This is a form of “If I don’t get what I want, I’m going to hold my breath until I turn blue.” If this were one of Trump’s breath holding threats I’d say fine, go turn blue. Please. But it isn’t painless… [read more]
Reading time – 2:10; Viewing time – 3:33 . . . The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is conducted every 3 years and tests academic proficiency internationally of 15-year-olds. American kids haven’t progressed. “About a fifth of American 15-year-olds scored so low on the PISA test that it appeared they had not mastered reading… [read more]
The original announcement for this post lost its link to the full post. To quote Bullwinkle, “This time for sure!“ Reading time – 5:01; Viewing time – 6:56 . . . The “How ya gonna pay for that?” question is an important and even vital question for any policy decision. The Democrats are promoting bold… [read more]
Reading time – 3.1 minutes; viewing time – 4:58 . . . Gotta wonder how righties and lefties can stop talking past one another and join in order to start solving some of our vexing challenges. Here’s a key piece of what has to happen if we are to progress. First, some context. The pundits… [read more]
Post 1,053 Late Addition . NBC News Hires Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel The GOP political veteran will become an on-air contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. . Yes, that Ronna Romney McDaniel. Be sure to click the headline and read the astonishing spin the networks put on this brainless move. Here’s a piece of… [read more]
Take a look at this downloadable PDF map of NATO countries – they’re the ones in BLUE – and follow along. Putin has made it clear that the greatest tragedy of the 20th century was not WW I, WW II or the 1918 influenza pandemic, each of which killed millions of people. No, he’s certain… [read more]
Reading time – 7:15 . . . Presidential Befoulment of the Military Update It has been 3 days since the foul statements of Donald Trump about our military were exposed. To date, not a single Congressional Republican has spoken out against his cruel, disparaging words and behavior. Not one. ————————– The G7 Summit is scheduled… [read more]
Dear Mr. President: The illicit Trump war on our election and our democracy is over and we are facing multiple existential threats. Things are every bit as dire as when President Obama took office and the cultural divisions that bedevil us are now worse. Trump may be out of office but he has not and… [read more]
Reading time – 3:40; Viewing time – 4:51 . . . When we’re presented with a large number it’s easy to fail to fully appreciate what it means, Indeed Josef Stalin said, “A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” Sadly, Stalin was right. There are about 800,000 federal employees who… [read more]
