Taxes Don’t Fix Income Inequality – Yet

Income inequality is so extreme that it is hard to imagine. The disparity just becomes too difficult to accept, despite Continue reading →

Urbanization Blip

Urbanization has been increasing; especially, since the Great Recession. One sign of a shift is that people are shifting again. Continue reading →

Drought Hurts Reservations Most

The drought in California and the American Southwest is illustrated with contrasting photos of reservoirs filled now emptied, lawns green now Continue reading →

Are Artificial Emotions Bigger Than AI

Much of the debate about digital singularities, the loss of human jobs to robots, and the eventual evolution of electronic Continue reading →

California Heats Up Again

The trend line for California’s average temperature suggests warming by 4F every 50 years – and then it spiked. It Continue reading →

Legal Pot Undermines Mexican Cartels

Marijuana is only legal in a few US states, but the Mexican cartels are already seeing the impact. Legal production Continue reading →

Inequality Creates Miscommunications

The gap between rich and poor is widening, and not just financially. The poor, by necessity, spend almost everything on Continue reading →

Say Hello To Aliens By 2025

It is highly probable that we are not the only intelligent life in the universe. Drake’s Equation gives a reasonable Continue reading →