Today is my 20th anniversary of blogging. I wrote my first blog post on September 8, 2006, on my blog “Filter & Splice,” which is on the Blogger platform. Filter & Splice still exists in all its pink and green glory. It reminds me of a watermelon. When I started blogging, I never thought I’d still be at it 20 years, and multiple blogs, later. I blogged at Filter & Splice for just over…
This is the ninth and final installment in the short blog series, Cleanup on Aisle 47, which is meant to present ideas on rebuilding and strengthening U.S. democracy. With the Cleanup on Aisle 47 series, I wanted to share ideas for rebuilding, improving and strengthening democracy in the United States. I’ve covered the following broad areas: 1) An overview of some of what has gone wrong in the country that has been deliberately caused by…
This is the eighth installment in the short blog series, Cleanup on Aisle 47, which is meant to present ideas on rebuilding and strengthening U.S. democracy. Wealth Inequality in the U.S. – Pre-Civil War, Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties, and Today Every time there is a breakdown in American society, there’s been a vast wealth imbalance behind it. A relatively small cadre of individuals decides they must horde all the wealth and resources and treat everyone…