There is a difference between the debt and the deficit.
Both Social Security & Medicare can and do contribute to the DEFICIT, but not the DEBT. These items should absolutely be off the table in these discussions because they really...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Uncertainty, something every business person has talked about ad nauseum. What does Uncertainty really mean, that wages will go up for women? That they might have to buy affordable health care? That taxes might go up because business has not payed...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, July 25, 2011
When I was a junior in high school, in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term, I took a course in civics. Back then, this was required of all high school students, usually taken in their junior or senior...
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
~Charles Darwin
Well, here we go. Evolution. What is it and how did we...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, July 22, 2011
A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.
~Desiderius Erasmus
Welcome back to a new chapter of Exploring Morality. In this chapter we will be discussing truth, lies, and deception. A complex subject full of grey areas....
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, July 21, 2011
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