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Oct 2711 min read

The Population Bomb - Part III

A Serendipitous Last Chance By James Walker, Ph.D. A Brief Summary of Parts I and II In 1798, Thomas Malthus published a simple...

Oct 512 min read

What's in the 2024 Democratic Party Platform?

By William (Bill) Johnston This article is a list of goals the Democratic Party intend to achieve in the future. As such, it does not...

Oct 56 min read

What's in the 2024 Republican Party Platform?

By William (Bill) Johnston I wrote this article to highlight just the goals the Party was willing to put in writing. Candidates can...

Sep 227 min read

The Population Bomb - Part II

The Club of Rome Sounds the Doomsday Alarm By James Walker, Ph.D. A brief review of Part I The Industrial Revolution, beginning in the...

Sep 221 min read

The Future of Purple

A Poem by Roz Liberman Red or blue, brown or white Let’s agree to stop the fight; Dreams of peace propel us all to find success before we...

Sep 176 min read

The Population Bomb - Part I

By James Walker, Ph.D. This is the first of three articles to examine the human population: its development, outlook, and consequences....

Sep 174 min read

The Transformation and Degradation of a Formerly Grand Party

By Paul Lenchner In its 170-year history, the Republican Party has had some glorious chapters. It has elected consequential presidents...

Sep 172 min read

Voter Myths and Misinformation 2024

By Ramona Logan Check to make sure your name has not been purged from the voter registration rolls. More than 1 million names have been...

Aug 188 min read

What exactly is the Republican Project 2025?

By William Johnston It's a nearly 1,000-page blueprint for turning America into a fascist police state by purging civil servants and...

Jun 284 min read

"Follow the Money"

By Bill Johnston We have all heard the advice "follow the money" to understand a situation better. In this election year, we may gain...

Jun 224 min read

Bernie, Donald, and Joe, and the Faces of American Populism

By Paul Lenchner Polls taken during the 2016 presidential campaign revealed a finding that surprised many observers. According to the...

Jun 228 min read

What's It To Me

By James Walker, Ph.D. "Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful to acknowledge that." ...

Jun 225 min read

Waiting For Supreme Court Opinions

By Janette Ansolabehere We are approaching the final release of several major Supreme Court cases, among which are cases that could...

May 235 min read

Emergency of Vector-Borne Diseases in the New Texas

By Hugh Roddy, MD Introduction Human immigration, poverty, and climate change are associated with emerging neglected tropical diseases...

Mar 303 min read

What's Not to Like About President Biden's Job Performance So Far?

By Jim Walker, Ph.D. Joe Biden has an image problem. People are concerned about his age. He would be 86 years old by the end of a second...

Mar 304 min read

Politics Aside

By Rose Ann Goodwin Do you think if we never asked one another about our politics, if we just kept it to ourselves, that we would get...

Mar 304 min read

Redistricting: A Madisonian Challenge

By Paul Lenchner In arguing for the ratification of the Constitution in the Federalist Papers, James Madison wrote, “If men were angels,...

Mar 303 min read

Older Drivers

By Bill Johnston The Journal of the American Medical Association published on December 18, 2023 an article entitled “Driving Impairment...

Mar 84 min read

Our Pro-Business State

By Paul Lenchner Texas is a pro-business state. Elected officials regularly tout our economy. So do leaders in the business community...

Feb 166 min read

Our two Medicare choices: Medicare and Advantage

By William Johnston Introduction In December 2023, the New England Journal of Medicine published an insightful paper about the two...