Venn diagrams, popularized by John Venn in the 1880s, show the logical relation between sets. Right around the time I was in elementary school in the early 1960s, set theory was becoming an important part of math curricula, and our …
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Most of these people live paycheck-to-paycheck, and millions make starvation wages. Now a couple of hundred are getting carted off to prison. This hasn’t really been a bonanza, has it? Maybe we need to rethink our position here. It is …
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Here’s a concept I just came across: There are years that ask questions and years that answer. -Zora Neale Hurston (pictured), folklorist and writer (7 Jan 1891-1960) Interesting, but doesn’t it seem that each year both asks and answers questions?
It’s always fun to see other people’s predictions, especially where they’re expressed with a touch of humor. Hope you enjoy the chronology here.
This guy makes a good point. An accurate understanding of our fellows requires that we acknowledge that about half of Americans have very poor values. But how important is that to you and me?
IMO, understanding the full impact and severity of the coronavirus is not an exact science. Here’s how I regard this, given the stats in the U.S. as shown here (as of 1 PM PST, April 10, 2020: Cases 492,995 Recovered …
The meme here comes from former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. What does it mean? Well, at a minimum, it shows that the stock market and the financial well-being of the common American have absolutely no bearing on one another. …
I just had a sad realization, but one I wanted to share nonetheless. I got a Christmas card from an old college buddy who wrote, among the usual seasonal messaging, “Everyone here had a very good year.” I turned immediately …
The ad here sent me immediately to Google and Snopes, as I couldn’t believe that a brand of this magnitude would do something so bold and risky. Might this be fake? Nope, it’s real as the day is long. A …
Clearly, there are two types of Trump supporters: Trump’s “base” of ignorant and hateful racists (perhaps 80% of the total), and wealthy conservatives who profit from things like his tax cuts and his deregulation of banking and industrial pollution.
