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…
What I believe.
Posted on 0 commentGovernment: I believe that government of and by the people is not necessarily government for the people. We don’t usually know much at all about the representatives we…
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…