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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 …
[Note: The purpose of this blog is to enlighten and educate the reader about music and other current and important issues. Typically, in Tick’s Notes and Tunes the blog post opens with a transcript of the first half of the ficitonal radio broadcast, then the article in the form of an editorial appears (in this Read More …
Power Focused Voters v. the Facts [Opinion and Analysis] In the last few days a couple of very short but important articles have been published. Below is a direct quote from an article written by Sarah K. Burris of the Raw Story dated either December 31, 2023 or January 1, 2024. What she says rings Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION.] As I write this, it is the 50th Anniversary of my high school graduation. I won’t get into how Watergate compares to January 6th and/or how the Vietnam War compares to Ukraine etc. Suffice it to say these are extremely precarious, and even dangerous, times both in terms of international relations Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION.] Student debt, particularly federally guaranteed student debt, is a big problem. According to studentloanhero.com there is $1.75 trillion in federally guaranteed student debt out there. And, over 11 percent of those loans are more than 90 days in arrears. That amount of student debt, if it were all forgiven, would amount, Read More …
[ANALYSIS/OPINION] Contrary to popular belief the President of the United States is not, under our Constitution, a dictator—or at least he is not supposed to be. In fact, there two other branches of government, namely, Congress and the Supreme Court. We’ll put aside the Supreme Court because they have no direct effect on inflation. Read More …