OUR SHORT VIDEOS March to August 2024

This page contains links to all of our “short” videos (meaning videos of less than 1 minute) on a variety of topics, including politics, economics and music, over the period March 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024.    Should any link not work please copy and past the URL into your browser and click enter Read More …

Tick’s Notes & Tunes July 4th Special

Editor’s Note:  This is a special edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played.  The transcript is in 3 parts. The purpose of this blog is to discuss, enlighten and educate the reader about relevant political, economic and business matters Read More …

MUSK $50 BILLION BONUS & PLUTOCRACY

[Analysis and Opinion.] Elon Musk has demanded that Tesla pay him a bonus of $50 billion. Here’s a link to a story about it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/06/05/tesla-shareholders-vote-on-elon-musks-50-billion-pay-package-next-week-heres-whats-at-stake/ We’ve previously expressed our view that one of the biggest dangers facing the United States is the risk of oligopoly.   See https://reasonandbalance.com/worlds-biggest-problems-ai-and-more/.   It would have been more correct to say Read More …

World’s Biggest Problems: AI Plus Some Tunes

[MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT and OPINION.] [Note:  The purpose of this blog is to enlighten and educate the reader about music and other current and important issues. The article about the “World’s Biggest Problems” is in the form of an editorial in the middle or break portion of the fictional radio broadcast below.  Please see the very Read More …

Tull Cilmi Cale Betts & the Digital Dollar

[Note:  The purpose of this blog is to enlighten and educate the reader about music and other current and important issues faced by all of us.   Please see the very bottom of this blog post about the music and other links referenced in this blog post.] ——————————————————————————————-   Good evenin’ folks It’s time for more Read More …