Jim Wheeler
BS, USNA, Annapolis, 1959; MSA, The Geo. Washington U., 1975; Submariner, Commander, USN, 1959 - 1981; Aerospace battery engineer & mgr., 1981 - 1999; Political affiliation: Mainly of the Democratic persuasion but not a fan of the extremes on either side.
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Major Economic Oops!
Who was right and who was wrong about the Great Recession and how to deal with it, Republicans or Democrats? Henry Blodget has an opinion on that, an opinion buttressed with facts. Blodget is a former senior equity research analyst … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged austerity, austerity economics, Debt-to-GDP ratio, Economic, economics, European austerity, GDP, Greece, Henry Blodget, Merrill Lynch, Paul Krugman, United States
15 Comments
On Forks In The Road
NPR is commonly considered to have a liberal bias, but having of late listened to many of its products I would now disagree. Of course, that might have something to do with a drift politically leftward, but I prefer to … Continue reading
Posted in Taxes
Tagged Colin Powell, Earned Income Tax Credit, EITC, Hawaii, human nature, Milton Friedman, Mitt Romney, Tax, tax incentives, United States
6 Comments
Nation of Hypocrites?
NPR, showing a remarkably illiberal bent lately and having previously surprised me with its expose’ on accelerating disability rolls, has now done it again by revealing the core reason for the undocumented worker problem. The story comes from an anonymous … Continue reading
Margaret Thatcher, R.I.P.
Originally posted on The Erstwhile Conservative: A Blog of Repentance:
She was Britain’s first and only female prime minister and served longer in that capacity than anyone in the twentieth century. If that weren’t remarkable enough, the iconic Meryl Streep portrayed her…
Posted in Uncategorized
3 Comments
Those who do not remember the past . . .
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain Who writes the history books now, and what do they have to say about the Iraq war? This was the question in my mind after … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 2003 invasion of Iraq, history education, history textbooks, Iraq, Iraq War, Mark Twain, Presidency of George W. Bush, textbooks
6 Comments
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Anonymity. It’s common on the internet of course. I recently had an interesting exchange of views about it with an anonymous blogger who uses the pseudonym “jonolan”. He is articulate and his comments usually reflect intelligent analysis, albeit they are … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, anonymity, Culture
Tagged Anonymity, bigotry, blog, civility, Privacy, Queer, Richard Pryor, Same-sex marriage
22 Comments
Still Skeptical After All These Years 