Joe’s Stuff:
1) Random blogs about history, economics, sports, physics, mathematics, life events …
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2) The Poetry and Essay links are not maintained or updated (very often)
3) Charities we support below.
4) Archived essays from this site: Archived Posts
Older essays (from old website) and blogs at Older Essays
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Some of our Favorite Charities, almost all focused on children.
Foothills Kiwanis Club Foundation: Primary activity is providing service dogs for economically disadvantaged children with invisible ailments Type 1 diabetes.
Also supports with funds and manual labor Sweet Dream in a Bag: providing personalized bedding for children in social and economic crises.
Rocky Mountain Honor Flight: Treating WW2, Korean and Viet Nam vets with extreme dignity and gratitude by providing “red carpet treatment” for tours — with personal escorts — of monuments and historic sites in Washington, DC. [Sadly there were no Honor Flights in 2020 or ’21. Dang Covid. Escorted tours began again June, 2022]
Intercambio — providing opportunities for learning American English and Culture to immigrants.
Real Choices Pregnancy Centers: Helping woman in pregnancy crises in all aspects.
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Some really interesting columnists and bloggers Joe follows with some regularity:
Bari just plain shat the bed. DJT basically put her in charge at CBS news. Went way right wing into MAGA land. Trashing stories the don’t support Trump’s POV. Very, very sad. Well I guess that’s where the money is these days. Her start up, The Free Press, went downhill after a great start. Then she sold it for the big $$$. But I unsubscribed well before when I saw the infamous substance start rolling downhill. POS, IMO.
Jeff Jacoby (Boston Globe), unfortunately there is a paywall at the Globe, and I hit the limit on “free reads” most months. Jeff has a fascinating family history. He writes of contemporary issues with clarity and a unique perspective.
Thomas Sowell was here too. But he’s retired. I suggest any of his books on economics.