I just put up an article on the other site I am being published on, Useless-Knowledge.com, about how slow Congress has been to respond significantly and in a meaningful way to the problems of wild fires and floods and lo and behold look what happens. More than a rainy night in Georgia, really three days... read more

I have been checking news reports on flooding and believe the federal government can do better.  Over the past so many days and weeks, beyond the obvious problems in Fargo, North Dakota and New Orleans, Louisiana, there have been serious reports of problems in Billings, Montana, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,... read more

The federal government has a major role in a lot of diverse fields, especially including health care.  So the new political debate about insurance and other reforms is of great interest to me particularly because those folks in Washington dominate the field and also set standards through funding and... read more

When you get sick you need to see that bills are paid to get dignified medical treatment.  That is a signature purpose of medical insurance.  It is supposed to make life easier for the indisposed. Both my parents had job related medical coverage.  Yet despite the promises that were implicit, there... read more

This is a protest essay about the shell games politicians play with public health, safety and welfare.  The premise is that if a proper job of flood protection for New Orleans and, by extension, the Gulf Coast were done by government officials there would be no need for an evacuation of any kind. ... read more

The current world problem with global warming brings to mind other man made environmental problems. A number of years ago Rachel Carson, in her book Silent Spring, exposed the destructive problems chemical pesticides, such as DDT that were meant to reduce harmful insect populations, were causing for... read more

The price of crude oil has gone past one hundred ten dollars a barrel on the commodities exchange. A few stories are predicting it will shoot for one hundred twenty-five dollars a barrel. Why so expensive? You’d think that Washington would have come up with a permanent, cost effective solution at... read more

The Ultimate Solution For The Dreaded Black Screen of Death or otherwise known as the “why doesn’t explorer.exe load up when i boot vista?” solution. Let me preface the following with this statement: It took me FOREVER and a day to find out how to fix my problem. One day, i decided... read more

We live in troubled times. I want to pose the question what are elected federal officials doing to reduce or solve the problems? Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain are arguing over the Iraq war and taxes. I submit there are other important problems facing this country. As in the past, there... read more

My doctor does not perform miracles.  He is not a faith healer.  He does not heal the halting or halt healing, if he can.  But he does have a lot of medical experience, many connections and a good practice.  Still, as for bringing back the dead, no, he cannot do that and I do not think he contemplates... read more