An economy is like a pyramid. Its base is manufacturing and the superstructure above it is services, e.g., banking, insurance, accounting, legal firms, etc. Services eventually go to where the manufacturing is located. If a country loses its manufacturing, it also loses its services. Using the pyramid concept, once the Read more…
I’ll start with various Oaths of Office: The President of the United States of America: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the Untied States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Read more…
During the period of 1787-1788 three men (Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison) penned a number of essays, known generally as the Federalist Papers (FP). These essays were in support of passing what is now our Constitution. In fairness, it should be noted that there was another group that wrote Read more…
Playing what if is kind of like playing pretend. Background: When you make a new product or want to add or make changes to your current product, you go through a series of steps…usually about 6 distinct steps before you arrive at a saleable product. The first step is a Read more…
It is time to play what if…it’s kind of like let’s pretend. Background: When I was in school the scientific community taught us that there were two scientific kingdoms- The plant kingdom and the animal kingdom. Today the scientific community says we have five kingdoms. What those five are is Read more…
The Founding Fathers were not brilliant by accident. They had the advantage of having a classical education wherein they studied various forms of government that existed throughout history including democracies, monarchies, theocracies, oligarchies and dictatorships. It was from these studies, understanding the pros and cons of each form of government Read more…
Government works best when it takes small steps. Small steps are the result of honest debate and compromise. A great example of government taking a step too large is the Affordable Care Act. The “Just pass it and we will figure out what is in it later” is a sorry Read more…
I believe everyone should be responsible for their actions. I also believe in abortion under certain well defined circumstances. Those circumstances are rape, incest and the physical health of the mother. I believe in the sanctity of life largely because I believe in taking responsibility for your actions and that Read more…
An economy is like a pyramid. Its base is manufacturing and mining and the superstructure above the base is services. e.g., banking, insurance, accounting, legal, etc. These services go to where the manufacturing and mining are. If a country loses is manufacturing and mining, the service industries will eventually be Read more…
Don’t. It is beneath the position to which they have been elected and one of the reasons our country is as politically divided as it is. If the electorate cannot believe its elected leaders, then nothing the leaders say, true or not, can or will be believed. Once a politician Read more…