Pearl River Every once in a while, it’s hard to deny that the world has moved on and I’m still sitting in the back of the class in the old school. I still write checks by hand, both personally and for the organization, when called to do so. I’m getting the feeling that I …
Category: Future
Valuing the Present and Ignoring the Future
New Orleans It never ceases to amaze me, both as a delight and a caution, how many really fundamental things that are critical to our understanding of politics and the economy, but that, for one reason or another, are so far off our normal radar that we are left clueless. Add “discounting” to …
How They Might Come for Us
New Orleans A friend and comrade sent me a message over the holidays. There was an attachment, but I had my mind on other things, so didn’t open it until I was back home. I’m glad I waited. It was some scary-ass stuff, basically about how the right is gearing up to come after …

