Measuring America in Our DumbfoundednessStruck dumb with astonishment and surprise is the definition and, at the moment, Kyle Rittenhouse is the subject to > Read more
The Greek Is Writing AgainWe adore and venerate the ancient Greeks; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, but modern Greeks are too often pains in the > Read more
Consecutive HeadlinesI came across these two headlines, one after the other, on my Google News aggregator. Somehow, steeled as I am to the > Read more
Why Do We Fail to Invest?There are bunches of reasons, many of which gave us the consumer economy that has been so devastating to our productive > Read more
Neil Irwin at the NYTimes Is ConfusedHe muses, “Workers have seized the upper hand in the labor market, attaining the largest raises in decades and quitting > Read more
“I’m Not a Member of any Organized Political Party”“I’m a Democrat.” Those words were uttered almost exactly a century ago by cowboy humorist Will Rogers and they are as > Read more
Judge Wilson Never Saw a Purple CowHe never hoped to see one But in this ruling anyhow He’ rather see than be one With a proper nod toward poet Gelett > Read more
Things That Make No Sense to MeWell, less and less actually makes sense to me these days, but here’s the nonsense du jour. Yesterday I broke my > Read more
Tax the Rich Is a Poor Man’s SolutionIt’s a poor solution as well. The reason we get a knee-jerk reaction to ‘make the bastards pay’ is because we haven’t > Read more
The Dark Side of the Moon
Political and Social Commentary by Jim Freeman
