Tools to Enlighten
ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN NOTES As this is being written, Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy, after 14 unsuccessful attempts, finally hit the jackpot on his 15th try and was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Up to that point, about 15 to 20 recalcitrant and very conservative (if that’s the right word for them) Read More …
[OPINION, ANALYSIS and FUN] NOTES: Republicans will control the House of Representatives for the next 2 years. Several sources have now called at least 218 races for the Republicans. Circumstances are unclear, but it is widely assumed that a Russian missile landed in and kills 2 in Poland. Ramifications of the Read More …
HORSE TRADING, PRACTICAL POLITICS: Biden McConnell Compromise & Judicial Appointments [Analysis and Opinion. ] There is a rumored deal between President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Under the terms of the alleged deal, the President would nominate an anti-abortion lawyer Chat Meredith to the bench for the United States District Court Read More …
Major and minor musical chords and scales are compared. Dominant seventh chords in rhythm and blues and rock and roll are aslo described and explained. Examples on piano and guitar. David Dixon Lentz discusses. First musical blog post and video at reasonandbalance.com, Read More …
The world is in crisis. Discusses the rationale for fact-based problem solving decision making and the need to subordinate the historical philosophies and ideological viewpoints of the past. Read More …
Is a cashless society good? It may be faster to do everything by plastic and electronically. But there’a a huge risk in going down the cashless path. Erosion of liberty….A huge additional risk of a cashless society is that it further subjects everyone to the risk of total loss if our financial system is subject to a major and pervasive internet/computer hack….Who is benefiting from this policy? The betting here is that its a few monied oligarchs. Read More …
[Editor’s Note: The blog post below is based on a newspaper article written by David Dixon Lentz which originally appeared in the Ashland Herald Progress (which, unfortunately, has since gone out of business) in three parts in late 2015. It is about the very underappreciated Battle of the North Anna River fought just north of Read More …
Video about David Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage. Discussion lead by David Dixon Lentz Read More …
Investments, Picking Stocks and the Efficient Market Hypothesis. ( Editor’s note: This blog post and video, first appeared on one of the “pages” appearing in the menu bar at the top of this website many months ago. We reprint it here because some of our visitors do not realize that there is also substantive content Read More …
In the video below, however, we engage in an enlightening and more contemporary discussion about a very important and controversial and powerful body that most folks know little about, the World Trade Organization (the WTO) Read More …