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Recent Reading, and Reawakening

It’s been far too long since this space has been active, though you’ve heard that sad tale before. The best I can do for tonight is list some recent reading and provide shallow commentary. Much of my free time has gone into teaching Astronomy, and

Brief Reminder on Comments

I do accept comments on this blog; however, the frequency of spam comments is simply astounding. Despite the use of a spam blocker, I am still getting a couple obviously spam comments each month. The spammers are improving their techniques, using algorithms that produce comments

Sowell’s Basic Economics – Part 1

We recently re-joined Audible.com, and the first “new” book I purchased was Basic Economics, by Thomas Sowell.  I had read many of Sowell’s articles posted on Capitalism Magazine (www.capmag.com) and found them to be very clearly written and always in agreement with free market principles.  Sowell