by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 22, 2018 | • Politics
— Under Construction — Notable Liberal Democrat Accomplishments Got Women the right to vote Got African-American the right to vote Created Social Security liftin million of elderly out of poverty Passed the Civil Rights Act Ended Segregation & Jim Crow The Voting...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 22, 2018 | Agriculture, Critical Thinking, GMOs
Genetically modified disbelief and the lonely road to the sorcerer’s stone It’s an issue that is much debated and one that parties on both sides of the argument are impassioned over when it comes to food safety and nutrition. The hot topic, of course, is...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 22, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy
Donald Trump adds $1 trillion to national debt in 14 months President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week – and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 19, 2018 | Agriculture, GMOs, Science
How GMOs can save civilization (and probably already have) A Long History of Genetic Modification Humans first began collecting and growing edible grains, fruits and roots, and corralling wild animals for meat, milk, and material goods thousands of years ago. Ever...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 18, 2018 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
America’s ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning The so-called retail apocalypse has become so ingrained in the U.S. that it now has the distinction of its own Wikipedia entry. The industry’s response to that kind of doomsday description...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | Science Based Medicine
KevinMD on Facebook on Twitter Medicine requires doctors to constantly manage probabilities “I’d really feel better if we got the MRI,” Ms. James said. “I understand you think it’s a migraine, but I want to know, just in case....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Trump’s presidency is unravelling. But he won’t fall without a push | Gary Younge Even by Donald Trump’s standards, Tuesday was extraordinary. First came the tweet that he had fired his secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Then a state department...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Tax Policy
Tax cut scoreboard: Workers $6 billion; Shareholders $171 billion Yet shareholders, not workers, are far bigger direct winners from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. American companies have lavished Wall Street with $171 billion of stock buyback announcements so far...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 13, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton
Certainly no fan or friend of Hillary Clinton South Carolina Republican Trey Gowdy (from 2014 to 2016, Gowdy chaired and spent $7.8 million with the United States House Select Committee on Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi unsuccessfully trying...
