Left

Left

 Left refers to those who left the comforts (or miseries) of home for a new start in the sixties especially the “back-to-the-landers some of whom established communes, or the itinerant travelers along the Hippie trail, or the lost hedonists of the Haight Ashbury that...
Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again

 Here we are once again up against the dreaded debt ceiling. What is it? It’s a self-imposed limit on the amount the U.S. government can borrow that allows politicians to play Russian roulette with the American people. It is a stupid idea because it prevents the...
Do Humans Have Souls?

Do Humans Have Souls?

  In a recent post Think in the Morning reviewed a new book by physicist Sabine Hossenfelder (Existential Physics). In this Big Think video Hossenfelder discusses what human beings are and whether they have...
Fifty Years Ago

Fifty Years Ago

 Fifty years ago this month I walked away from an academic career in economics and into the restaurant business. Several personal tragedies led to the decision most notably the death of my father, my sister and my brother all within a two year period. If ever...