Oh, The Pain!  Some of you may have noticed that I have not been active for the last two months, or so. Well, here’s the story.  I was getting behind on a book that I’m working on, so I decided to

So, You Want to Kneel for the Anthem, Eh? As a general rule, I rarely get involved in Hegelian dialectics, but I can’t help noticing all of the noise surrounding professional athletes kneeling while the

Why You, Hippocrates? I know that most people wouldn’t even ask the question, but did you ever wonder why Hippocrates is considered to be the “Father of Medicine”, especially considering his oath? Over

Learning Is A Skill that Has To Be Learned Back in 1975, my Dad wrote this book which was a collection of learning techniques that he taught to his students at the beginning of each semester. He found

Gresham’s Law, Gold and Cryptocurrency (2 of 2) So, how does Gresham’s Law and gold apply to cryptocurrencies? Well, let’s start at the beginning. Cryptocurrency has a few characteristics that are very

Gresham’s Law, Gold and Cryptocurrency (1 of 2) The other day, I was thinking about a lesson my father gave me when I was a young boy. We had gotten into a conversation about the expression “good money

Why Would You Say That? I am always amazed to see how often people say things without really thinking about what they are saying. I remember the first time I heard some expressions come out of my mother’s

CHAPTER 6 - NATURAL LIBERTY (The following post is a short chapter from a book I'm in the process of writing. I only have a working title presently, but the book deals with the lessons my father, a Professor

Equality or Liberty? I often think about my maternal grandfather and the life he chose for himself. He was born in 1889 and came to the United States when he was 16 from the town of Terranova da Sibari

Four Ways to Spend Money    Back in the 1970’s, I saw Milton Friedman on television explaining the four ways to spend money. I’m pretty sure this was after he had won the Nobel Prize for Economics. Dr.

Too Much to Lose My cousin Kevin Lafferty passed away a few years ago at the age of 54 to Lymphoma. I was heartbroken at the news. Kevin started playing the Banjo when he was 8 years old and was a real,

My Three Dogs My wife did not want any pets, but she was out-voted by my two daughters. I remained neutral and impartial. My wife gave in, but under the condition that my daughters cared for and cleaned

The Role of Government in a Free Society Throughout our history, the most common condition for humanity has been to live in a state of poverty, misery and submission to a privileged class. The concept

The Four Liberties (The following is a post I wrote for my blog, but I'd like to re-propose it here.) When I was a young boy, my father detailed to me the concept of the four liberties.  This was

Lunchtime in the Second Grade I attended an Elementary School in Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was called Chews School and it was among the newest of the schools built to accommodate the children of

Sex, Aristophanes and Genes One evening at the dinner table, my two daughters thought they could trap me into giving my impression of homosexuality. They should have known better, having been raised under

My First Encounter with a Delusional Thinker When I was eight years old in the summer of 1963, I lived in a small town in southern New Jersey called Magnolia.  It was a sleepy little town that looked

Wait a Minute!  Government Is What!? Many people seem to be confused about just what a government is.  The best description is a complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which

Let Me Tell You About Greed Greed has, for some reason, a very negative connotation.  It has been recognized as a human trait as long as there have been humans. That's right, Mr. Marx, it's been around

The great folks at Steemit suggest that everyone who joins the community introduce themselves so that others may know just whom it is they are dealing with. Well, every time I have been asked to write