The May 12 issue of Time Magazine included an article titled, “American Capitalism’s Greatest Crisis.” It included the following: A couple of weeks ago, a poll conducted by the Harvard Institute of Politics found something startling: only 19% of Americans ages 18 to 29 identified themselves as “capitalists.” In the richest and most market-oriented country in … Read more
It happened again this weekend. I guess the media never heard of “Occam’s Razor,” the problem solving principle which suggests, given a number of hypotheses, the one that requires the least assumptions is most preferable. In more modern terminology, it is much like the acronym KISS or “keep it simple stupid.” Yesterday, CNN reported on the … Read more
Last weekend I visited a friend who has worked for several Republican governors and whose opinion I greatly respect. Of course, I wanted his take on the Trump phenomenon. His response, “You’ve got to admit, he’s brought a lot of new voters to the Republican party.” If you only look at the total number … Read more
An Iranian Muslim cleric ends a speech with the following: And I want to leave with an expression of gratitude to Allah in whose hands all things lie. He has a plan for every one of our lives. Everything that comes from Allah is good. Allah is perfect. Allah makes no mistakes. And he has things planned for … Read more
The growing inability of the U.S. Congress to act on any issue correlates with an increase in the number of women elected to the Senate and House of Representatives. As we know, correlation does not equal causation. During a discussion of this observation, I implored my female students not to “shoot the messenger.” But was … Read more