My Thoughts: I spent a little 'time' this morning with my grandchildren. Delighted that they live here and that my 'time' on the planet hasn't ended. It did for a friend of mine this past weekend. 24 hour days have been the norm here since the beginning of 'time', or have they? Spending a lot …
Continue reading Quantum Experiment Shows How “Time” Doesn’t Exist As We Think It Does
My Comments: Most of you know that my wife and I recently downsized (we now have 60% of what we used to have!) to a new house in a nearby neighborhood. I never knew how much stuff we had. Deciding what to keep and find room for is truly an ordeal. Financially, we accomplished this …
My Comments: With deal with Iran now in play, the focus is increasingly on the choice between war and peace. We either come to terms with some kind of negotiated settlement, or we accept the idea of sending young men and women off to die once again. I read recently that of the 239 years …
Continue reading A Century of Defense Spending In The United States
My Thoughts: An example of our insignificance in the universe; here is a short (1.10 mins) video that portrays a shower of gamma rays from a galaxy far, far away. The video was posted on a web site I often visit sponsored by NASA. Every day there is new image or video that reflects something …
My Comments: I’ve mentioned before that as an immigrant myself, I have a strong interest in this issue. I find it distasteful that children brought here by their parents are forced to leave because their parents arrived here without proper papers. Mindful there is no best solution, I welcome a dialog and changes to the …
Continue reading Polls Show Most Americans Favor Pathway To Citizenship
My Comments: Interest rates are the price paid for using money owned by someone else. The rise and fall of that price, which we call interest, is a critical element when it comes to deciding how your money should be invested. For over 30 years they have been trending down and you will soon see …
My Comments: I’ve already said that I much prefer a negotiated deal between adversaries than continued threats to bomb the crap out of them. In todays economic and political environment, that option poses too many risks that I’m unprepared to accept. Here’s some economic thoughts about what might happen, now the deal is in place. …
My Comments: I’m unsure about the title of this article; is the author talking to us, to the Israelis or both. Personally, I’m all for the deal that was signed on Monday. I’m persuaded the choices are either an agreement based on mutual distrust, made by skilled negotiators, or war. And I’m sick and tired …
My Comments: Many of my close friends, clients and associates have long since started taking their Social Security benefits. For those of you who have not, there are probably some issues you need to explore before you sign on the dotted line. A generation ago, 65 was the automatic full retirement age. Rembember the phrase …
My Comments: A fundamental shift being triggered by the PPACA (Obamacare) is the level of income earned by medical specialists and medical generalists. In order to make it more attractive for a medical student to focus on primary care, the idea was to compensate specialists less and instead redirect those funds toward those focused on …
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