Our Government … getting too big to succeed?
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Journalism, Politics | No Comments »By now you kids should be aware that your grandfather champions the middle position ... on many subjects. One of the titles I had in mind in the 80s for my family book was; "The Pickle in the middle". I drew ...
In All Things … Be Moderate
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, Critical Thinking, Politics | 1 Comment »That is something I heard as a child that has stuck with me. From my engineering experience kids, you get to realize for every decision you make ... there is a trade off. Look for the downside to every action ...
Starry Starry Night
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Boomer News, Politics, media | 10 Comments »An open letter to a conservative friend; You are passionate & worried about the direction our country has been heading ...so am I. As a moderate, I communicate with conservatives and liberals ...and I can see that liberals are also as passionate ...
Something Important Just Happened-Civility
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Boomer News, Politics, TV News Media | No Comments »Kids, your grandpa is a centrist ...who has been observing what happens to human behavior when people perceive that their life style may be threatened. The health care industry is a huge part of the US budget and reform and the cost ...
Curmudgeon Review: Health Care
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Boomer News, Health, Politics | 4 Comments »I've tried to understand the huge complex Health Care Plan in Congress ... from what I have seen, heard & read ... but there is just too much misinformation being presented out there as being factual. Have I taken the time ...
The Sustainability Revolution
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Boomer News, Limits of Growth, Politics, media | No Comments »Okay, family, grand kids and who ever is out there in blog land ...this is the start of a series of blogs on "The Sustainability Revolution". No one knows how to bring about such a revolution, and it is taking a long time ...
What are the Limits of Growth?
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in Limits of Growth, Politics, Priorities | No Comments »Okay kids, help your grandpa out. Is there such a thing as "unsustainable growth"? Our planet is a spaceship ... it has a fixed amount of each element. To be economically and financially healthy however, our country needs to have growth ... ...
The Little Ice Age & Stubborn Neurons
Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Priorities, media | No Comments »There are lots of history lessons in the History Channel's Little Ice Age documentary kids. The Little Ice Age occurred between 1300 & 1850, and made life very hard indeed in northern Europe. A 4 degree drop in temperature caused ...
Loyality … Global or country?
Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Priorities, media | No Comments »David Brooks has a thought provoking article in NY Times 4/30/09. We face a series of transnational threats. How much control should we give to global institutions and how much to individual countries? Our first Look back from the moon at ...
Make products vs. Shuffling Papers?
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in Politics, Priorities, media | No Comments »Obama commenting on the American automobile industry at a recent town hall meeting in effect said, "It's better to make products than shuffle papers like we have been doing". (The last time I heard someone say that was back in the ...
A Thought Experiment – part II
Saturday, April 11th, 2009 Posted in Politics, consciosness, media | 5 Comments »The gun control issue is an emotional issue on both sides. The gun control issue is not the thought experiment. In the previous blog, I tried to make the gun control example as neutral as possible. If both sides see ...
A Thought Experiment
Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Statistics, media | No Comments »If the NRA had complete control and responsibility over the gun licensing and the sale of fire arms to the American public, would things be any different? No comments please. Think about it. I't's a thought experiment.
Open question to whitehouse.gov
Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Statistics, TV News Media | 3 Comments »How will the Obama team measure performance against the critical issues that are now on unsustainable exponential curves? Why do politicians & journalist try to verbally explain chart data ... instead of just using a chart? If pictures are worth a thousand words ... Then why aren't ...
After 9/11 we were told to consume … now what?
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in Politics, family, media | No Comments »After 9/11/2001 Americans asked our leaders what we could to help. Our leaders told us that our job was to consume. Now that we are in a deep economic crisis, Americans again are asking what we can do to help. Hey kids, ...
Will a leader emerge?
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Posted in Politics, family | No Comments »Kids, the 1920s were prosperous times until the stock market crash in 1929. My Irish born parents were beginning to get financially established. They had come to the United States some 15 years earlier. They bought a home in Springdale CT with ...
We want to be entertained … not informed
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Statistics, media | No Comments »How can you make the majority of Americans interested in subjects like; "U.S. endless growth is unsustainable", (columnist Neal Peirce), or the "U.S. is going broke" (columnist David Broder). Most people want to be entertained and don't read the editorial columns in the papers ...
When to KMS … & When Not to KMS
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics, family | No Comments »This blog was designed to be written just to my 11 grandchildren. However, this blog is directed at Joe Biden and myself. Hopefully my children and grandchildren will benefit from my experience with KMS. During the past couple of years I felt ...
Wait for the crisis to occur … before you try to fix it
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Statistics, media | No Comments »Kids, before you get into this, blog go to http://blow.blogs.nytimes.com/ In the archive list click on Hans Rosling and view his video on statistical presentations. There are some amazing possibilities with this type of statistical presentation. It was my observation that in ...
The Dream Team
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in Politics, media | No Comments »It's going to be either Obama or McCain. Not much we can do about it now. My dream team would be an independent non partisan ticket with Obama as president and McCain vice president and Obama's chief advisor. An administration of the ...
Yeah, Only in Your Dreams!
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Politics, media, science | No Comments »This blog is directed to my old school buddy Harvey. Since we have both been doing a curmudgeon act about the up coming election, I'm tempted to write a lengthy blog about an interesting dream I had last night. But first, ...