Category Archives: Education
Cut Florida Loose
Take a large sharp saw, or shovels, I don’t know, and start in on that perfectly straight northern border. Cut it adrift. Let the currents take it anywhere else. Would we really be worse off?
We’ve Always Been Divided By Intense Partisanship
Really?
George Bush’s letter to Bill Clinton on the first day of his Presidency. “I’m rooting for you” has the makings of a rewarding philosophy of life.

15th Anniversary Of One Of The Best Basketball Games Ever Played
In the continuing quest to fill the sports void. According to Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated.
“Basketball is like jazz,” Michael Scott.
Scroll down and watch the last two minutes of the deleted scenes to see Kevin Malone in the zone.
Let’s Re-embrace Capitalism
Penultimate paragraph:
“To be clear, socialism may be a better way to go, as evidenced by the study showing 4 of the 5 happiest nations are socialist democracies. However, unless we’re going to provide universal healthcare and universal pre-K, let’s not embrace The Hunger Games for the working class on the way up, and the Hallmark Channel for the shareholder class on the way down. The current administration, the wealthy, and the media have embraced policies that bless the caching of power and wealth, creating a nation of brittle companies and government agencies.”
Where This All Ends Up
From The New Yorker.
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Coronavirus Sentence to Ponder
From The Guardian:
“The Amazon CEO and entrepreneur, Jeff Bezos, has grown his vast fortune by a further $24bn so far during the coronavirus pandemic, a roughly 20% increase over the last four months to $138b.”
Related. The Price of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
An Abundance of Caution

Relative Virus Risk By Occupation
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