Democrats Need to Tone it Down

Donald Trump Directly after the first assassination attempt.

The assassination attempt on Donald Trump is likely linked to the hyperbolic rhetoric calling former President Trump is a threat to Democracy, that he is a Fascist, a racist and most of all a new Hitler.  This rhetoric is stated as facts, not assertions: by Joe Biden, Democrat politicians and the Main Stream Media (MSM) [i.e. MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC].  Are these specific accusations are a call to do anything you can to stop Trump from getting back into the White House.  To put it another way, it’s the same as King James II saying: “Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?”  

Updated: Side Effects of Disbanding the Electoral College

Panting of the signing of the constitution.

Whenever a Presidential election is won in the Electoral College and the winner doesn’t have the majority of the popular vote there are calls to disband the Electoral College. This has happened five times: 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016 in US history. While on the face, using the popular vote sounds like the way things should be and many wonder why we have the Electoral College. This Article discusses the reasons for the Electoral College and potential Second Order Effects of moving to a popular vote for the US President.

Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants, is it Really Settled Law?

The press does not understand President Trump’s move to close Birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and potentially even those on tourist visas.  There is a section of the 14th Amendment that hasn’t been tested in court that could be used by an executive order to justify rescinding birthright citizenship.  The legal aspects of this are …

Stats about Illegal Immigrants miss the Point.

Photo of Mollie Tibbetts

The election of President Trump, his support for securing the southern boarder, and reform the immigration system to limit chain migration, etc. has created a new industry of “Experts” that support and want to protect illegal immigrants.  As the President makes the case that illegal immigrants cost the american people in a number of ways, …

UPDATE on $15 per hour minimum wage

In the previous article about a $15 per hour minimum wage the author predicted that automation would be used to reduce labor hours.  Well, look at this McDonald’s and what do you see, terminals for the customers to fill out their orders instead of minimum wage workers.  This Seattle McDonald’s has automated to eventually reduce it’s labor costs.  This is just the start, the faster that wages go up, the faster things will be automated.

The Total Eclipse

The total eclipse today was an awesome sight. One that makes one reflect on our human condition. We as so small in this great universe that we live in. As a child behind us at the event said “It’s like the whole world stopped!” And my nine year old son said, “this is better then …

How will Privatizing the Air Traffic Control System improve Air Safety? Or will it?

The President has proposed and congress is moving forward with a plan to privatize the US Air Traffic Control (ATC) System. This article looks at the potential safety implications with this proposal. The principal charge by General Aviation Organizations, they represent the people that own those small private planes, is that the proposal will turn the US ATC over to the Airlines.

Increased CO2 will cause Asthma Attacks in kids, really?

Right after President Trump announced that he was pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Change Accord; former Secretary of State John Kerry made a number of claims that the world was going to come to an end because he pulled the U.S. out. One of the more mundane claims was that more children are going to have asthma. My reaction was, how in the world is more CO2 going to effect asthma in children? The level of CO2 in a persons lungs is, as they get ready to exhale is many times the levels, in the atmosphere (This is why you exhale). So this article focuses on how a Relatively small change in the atmosphere CO2 levels could cause asthma in children.