Socrates Says

To continue the discussion on education I want to explore curricula and start from elementary school and move up to the end of high school. The last time I looked the tax payers provide the money for the school system at the state level. I am not sure that the educators have a clear grasp […]

Today will be some thoughts of the day. The Elephants have had their turn now is the time for the Asses. It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. – David Hume I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live […]

The Liberal Arts education that has been the push for the past five decades has not delivered what was intended. Slowly in the halls of academia this is being recognized. There are changes underway to address some of the issues. Internet lectures offered for free is one of them. I want to explore a different […]

There are some simple definitions that are very important at this time in our history what with people making decisions on elected officials and referendums and initiatives all across the country. Ignorance can be defined as not knowing what to do. Stupidity can be defined as knowing what to do and not doing it. Insanity […]

“Long-term Treasury bond yields are an excellent barometer of economic activity. If business conditions are better than normal and improving, exerting upward pressure on inflation, long-term interest rates will be high and rising. In contrary situations, long yields are likely to be low and falling. Also, if debt is elevated relative to GDP, and a […]

Customers want certainty. They want to know the price of the job before they give you authorization to proceed. They want to know when you will be finished, a completion date before you start. They tell us this is every survey that I have seen in the capital goods industries.  If they tell us what […]