So you want to give middle income American’s a tax break which also simplifies the voluminous tax laws and regulations. Or at least make the tax system less tilted in favor of the richest Americans. Yet, there are elements of the current code which incent people to do things in the country’s best interest. … Read more
In Mueller We Trust Once again, Robert Mueller has shown he is several steps ahead of public officials and journalists. The quickness with which he has filed initial indictments took most by surprised. In an effort to catch up with the #realnews, cable news outlets have spent the last 48 hours speculating about arrests … Read more
In what is largely remembered as Malcolm McDowell’s film debut, Lindsay Anderson’s 1968 cult classic if… tells the story of a dystopian English private school in which the students forcefully take on the administration. No, I’m not suggesting the resistance take up lethal weapons. But as you’ll see at the end of the post, it … Read more
Several of my readers have asked about the progress I’ve made on my book. Not as much as I had hoped. Others have asked about why I had decided to shift emphasis when being part of the “resistance” remains important. My hope was to finish the book by today. Why? Because I wanted to … Read more
Having been born and raised in the South, I still bristle at some of the unfair stereotypes portrayed in cartoons and movies of anyone who uses the term “y’all” or thinks white sauce with sausage crumbs makes everything taste better. Yet for every Nobel laureate or Pulitzer Prize winner from below the Mason-Dixie line, there … Read more