MUSIC QUICK & DIRTY

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 …

SURVIVING WORLD CRISES, BEST PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH

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 …

The Evils of Cashless Business

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 …

FREE TRADE v TARIFFS: Ricardo’s Comparative Advantage

Video about David Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage. Discussion lead by David Dixon Lentz Read More …

10 Plus Days til Marathon

      Here’s our latest installment.  Just a little over a week to go until the Dick’s Sporting Goods 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon.  This is for everyone but Senior runners can benefit the discussion by David Dixon Lentz who will attempt to finish the marathon at the age of 64 years, 10 months.  Senior running, Read More …

4 Weeks Until Marathon

  Here’s the latest on our Dick’s Sporting Goods 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon Training.  Only four weeks to go.  Big challenges lie ahead.  But we are still intending to line up and run it.  In this video we talk about our latest physical and mental challenges and what we intend to do about them.  Time is short.  Read More …