Emmett J. Hoops· Minimum wage laws rigidify urban poverty. Picture this: You get $8.50/hr. in a town where you can buy a house for $60,000.…
The “Defense” budget
Posted on 0 commentTalk about a bunch of doggerel: six hundred billion dollars for “defense.” They used to call it the War Department, before 1945; unless there was…
This Pope
Posted on 0 commentPope Francis isn’t a bad fellow at all. I know that today we’re expected to dissect every public figure to find out what isn’t all-good…
How television destroys reading comprehension
Posted on 0 commentI am not a big fan of television. I’m not really what one might call a fan of motion pictures, except for the ones that…
Well, this certainly stinks.
Posted on 0 commentPine beetles have been destroying the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Of course, they didn’t just recently develop an appetite for pines: they are called pine…
Thanksgiving 2013
Posted on 0 commentHappy Thanksgiving. If you’re a cop, work in an electric power plant, run a radio station, drive a snowplow, work in a hospital, or do…
Next Thursday.
Posted on 0 commentIt has long been my passion to listen to recorded music, especially that recorded between 1900 and 1941. Damn, but there were some good tunes…
Letter to NYSDOT re: Preserving the Rails.
Posted on 0 commentSeptember 14, 2013 Raymond F. Hessinger, Director, Freight & Passenger Rail Bureau, NYS Department of Transportation, 50 Wolf Road, POD 54, Albany, NY 12232. Dear Sir: I strongly…
Fran Frey obit
Posted on 0 commentFran Frey sang 26 sides for George Olsen’s band in the 1920s and early 30s. I got this obit from Ancestry.com; registration is required, so…
Mexico Obesity Rate Surpasses The United States’, Making It Fattest Country In The Americas
Posted on 0 commentIt’s hard to break old habits. With all the fun things we can do just sitting around the house, it’s not an easy thing to…