A lifelong passion

A lifelong passion for the sport of rowing regardless of anything.

What percentage of the Army is is combat ready?

What percentage of the Army is combat ready?

Only 15% of the U.S. Army is combat ready. A full 85% are not trained well enough to remain safe and effective in the field.

Can anyone but Google and Apple win?

Can anyone but Google and Apple win?

Anyone with a never-ending flow of misinformation and disinformation.

Anyone who avoids certainty.

The epitome of the decline

The epitome of the decline

Detroit's broken streetlights.

Nearly half of the city's 88,000 street lamps are dark, according to city estimates. A new authority aims to borrow (Of course!) funds to revamp the system.

Why civilian and federal employees pay less toward their federal pensions than their private-sector counterparts?

Why civilian and federal employees pay less toward their federal pensions than their private-sector counterparts?


Because public-employee unions and their allies rule in Congress .

How the U.S. government can increase employment

How the U.S. government can increase employment

The U.S. government can increase employment by paying more people not to work.

The U.S. government can increase employment by hiring more  bureaucrats.

The U.S. government can increase employment by a big expansion of unemployment insurance.

The U.S. government can increase employment by  taking money out of the private economy by taxes.

The U.S. government can increase employment by making firms in industries with high labor turnover rates—such as hospitality, restaurants, construction and trucking—pay a higher tax.

The U.S. government can increase employment by discouraging 20 million Americans from looking for work.

How many people do not work?

 How many people do not work?

20 million Americans are still unemployed, underemployed or discouraged from looking for work.