Dr. ESP I’ll make this follow-up to the December 24, 2020 post “Gullibles Travels” short and sweet. Yesterday I received an email from a trusted and respected friend in which he echoed some of the right-wing fringe propaganda about the recent COVID relief legislation. Concerned that Congress had used the health crisis to pass a plethora … Read more
Many times, things that are easy to measure are unimportant, and things that are important are hard to measure. ~Michie Slaughter The above quote was made in reference to understanding the impact of charitable investments (i.e. grants, research and programs) by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership for which Slaughter served as its first president. … Read more
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke On any given day over the past five and a half years, there were multiple candidates to which the above quote might apply. Hypocritical Republican members of Congress who claim to be the guardians of law … Read more
I have been wrong about a lot of things over the last five years. I believed Donald Trump would eventually cross a line over which other elected Republican officials would not sacrifice their own futures. WRONG! I thought Democrats would maintain their huge majority in the House of Representatives and retake the Senate with … Read more
A plague o’ both your houses! ~Mercutio/Romeo & Juliet/Act III, Scene 1 Like the coronavirus pandemic, stupidity does not care whether you are a Democrat or a Republican. This sad fact of life was never more evident based on the actions this week by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. … Read more