What Two Mistakes Did Rick Perry Make?
Governor Perry went from first to near-last among the leading Republican candidates. He had, unwittingly, made himself a target by actually solving the problem of student indebtedness. There’s about a trillion dollars in student loan debt in the United States, about as much as there is of total credit card debt. There are over four […]
“Knowledge” is Usually Based on One or Two Carefully Invented “Facts”.
Any person’s opinions are invariably based on what are believed to be “facts”. We hear them frequently. “If levels of carbon dioxide rise above 350 parts per million, the earth is in serious trouble.” is such a “fact”. Another, “We have reached ‘peak oil’. There is no more. Our standard of living must decline.” Those […]
Shouldn’t We Aim For 50% Unemployment? Then, 60%? Then, More?
We all find some satisfaction with what we do. If we try to do our jobs better, we will be happy. The “snake” in that particular garden is automation. In the late 1700s, 80 or 90 out of every hundred people were in the food production business. Now, one person in a hundred produces enough […]
Our Search for Truth
It may be that some liars actually are “congenital”, due to some pre-natal stress that causes deep damage to their being. But, their numbers are so small as to be statistically insignificant. The Loving Programmer wrote our individual programs and had them downloaded at conception. Those programs gave us each an affinity towards truth. Most […]
Never Vote for Faddists
A few years ago, the gun control fad had reached it’s high. Every big-city mayor, Democratic governors, and the liberals throughout the Federal Government agreed: guns must be controlled, if not confiscated. More recently, the drive for gun control misfired. Now, a sizable majority of Americans understand that owning firearms offers protection. Public opinion on […]
Part of Today’s Reading, Luke 13:31-35, is an Important History Lesson.
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling!” This passage tells us that the political establishment built around the Temple at Jerusalem had, since the Prophets, been […]
The Attack on Taxpayers Begins With Destroying Their Courage
From their earliest days in the government schools, children are carefully taught not to question teachers, the first people in the World-Wide Bureaucracy with whom they come in contact. Properly educating young people is important to the WWB. Those in charge of it remember well that, once in a while, there are revolutions that limit […]
If Polar Bears had Pistols
They would shoot and eat far more Eskimos than they do. If they had sniper rifles, they’d be able wipe out whole villages and devour the residents. Assuming for the moment that polar bears could shoot, and were able to make coordinated attacks on Eskimo villages, it would soon be illegal to sell weapons to […]
Today’s Reading & Catholic Fundamentalism
The Reading begins with Romans, 8;18: “For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God; for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in […]
The Importance of Keeping Our Minds Clean
Viruses live in the pits of our minds. Nests of the Seven Tribes of Viruses, Pride, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Anger, Lust, and Sloth send out individual viruses to corrupt our own, human programs whenever we give them an opening. We provide entry for them when we let ourselves begin thinking sinful thoughts. Those thoughts are […]