More on Wealth Inequality
Here’s something I just ran across on Facebook that made me laugh out loud. Of course, one could say that it would be funnier if it weren’t true.
Long before the Donald Trump phenomenon, we were talking here about how lethal the ever-widening gap between rich and poor is to a democracy, but that was merely theory. Now we have an all-too-visible example of how bonkers things get when we have tens of millions of angry disenfranchised voters, desperately looking for someone or something to blame, lionizing a man who solidifies and builds on that hate.
I’m sure there are readers here who share my enjoyment of subscriptions to various “word of the day” emails. This week’s theme for “A Word a Day” is contronyms, i.e., words that have two diametrically opposed definitions. The word “depthless,” for example, can either mean having no depth, i.e., completely shallow, or bottomless, i.e., having infinite or at least immeasurable depth. 
Everybody has heard about recycling at this point, but some people are still on the fence about it. They see recycling as an unnecessary hassle instead of an ecologically-necessary practice. Well, for any naysayers, here are some facts about how 
Today I had to have the condenser fan motor for my air conditioning replaced. The reason? There was no provision to re-oil the bearings.
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A term popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his 2000 best seller, a tipping point is a moment at which linear, predictable change of a certain phenomenon achieves critical mass and becomes runaway exponential change. Cell phone ownership and the adoption of the Internet are commonly presented examples.
