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- by Robert Berning
How did this Happen? Disagreement has been the rule in the USA, frankly for the world, but that fact has always been different here. The reason for the difference here is because our Constitution allows... Read More
Before launching into the dilemma, a brief bit of history and structure of the US banking system. Most people are aware of something called the Federal Reserve System. It was created in 1913 when Congress... Read More
The intent here is to briefly explain artificial intelligence (AI) for the common folk like me. Before we start, let’s understand that AI is also something called machine learning (ML). AI is a computer algorithm.... Read More
Much of what happens in the political/governmental arena these days is based on fear. Merriman-Webster defines fear as a strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger. I would add to that: when we... Read More
Congress has not declared war since WWII. The Constitution separates the power to go to war. Congress declares it and the President is the Commander-in Chief in waging it. In outlining the powers of Congress,... Read More
The first question posed in Rotary’s 4-Way Test of the things we say and do is: ”Is it the truth?” Pretty simple, right? It’s an easy thing to say, but apparently difficult to do so... Read More
The people in charge of our government seem to be clueless when it comes to matters of economics. Likely that ignorance is the major factor in why we currently sit on the precipice of a... Read More
For years I have been a big fan of “American Excellence.” That concept was one where Americans strived to be the best at just about everything. We took exceptional pride in a system that produced... Read More
In late 2021 Congress passed a $1.2T “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.” You would normally think when government talks about infrastructure, it was talking about roads, bridges, airports, tunnels and the like. A little over... Read More
This piece addresses one the latest propositions from the woke crowd, namely the use of pronouns. If this wasn’t something the government, twitter crowd and the mainstream media wasn’t taking seriously it wouldn’t be worth... Read More
