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Our Shrinking Economy

When I heard Warren Buffett say, "the pie is always growing," I thought to myself, "your pie is always growing." The middle-class economy has been shrinking for decades. The newspa… Continue

I have been studying economics and I find myself interpreting the news differently. On May 17, 2010 the Wall Street Journal ran an article, "Manufacturing Capacity Going" by Justin Lahart. When I read that the U.S. manufacturing capacity has dropped almost 3 times a much as in the last recession, I now understand that means the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) will probably drop. That means the ratio of U.S. debt to GDP will increase, making the U.S. debt worse.

The June 22, 2010 W… Continue

The American Leadership Crisis

America's economy is broken following decades of poor leadership. An important step towards better leadership would be incorruptible leaders.

What is Corruption?

Merriam-Webster says corruption is an "impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle." Notice this definition presumes the existence of integrity, virtue, or moral principle. In our post-modern society I do not believe we can count on ambitious people believing in the existence of in… Continue

Now that February has arrived it is time to look for the TAKS testing schedule. I found it at the TEA website on this page. This page lists TAKS testing calendars. You will want the schedule for the 2009-2010 school year.

Having looked at the schedule I see testing generally begins in March and ends in April. Teachers generally administer sample tests at school, but parents can also administer sample te… Continue