I was struck by an article I read entitled Health Insurance Company CEOs Total Compensation in 2008, by Michael Ricciardelli (May 20, 2009), which seemed to indicate that Health Insurance company CEO salaries, on the whole, were going down. I pondered how this affected my personal hypothesis that Hea… Read full post »

I was attracted to the title of nanatehay’s December 9, 2009 blog, “It’s Official; Americans Are Getting Stupider.”  Nanatehay started out quoting a statistic about global warming, saying, “Only 57 percent of Americans think there is solid evidence the world is gett… Read full post »

I used to be one of those lucky Americans who earned enough money to comfortably meet my needs.  I had a live-in Significant Other, who earned as much as I did.  I bought my house before the housing bubble; therefore, I had a very affordable mortgage payment.  I got a good/… Read full post »

I confess. I voted for Barak Obama. Believe it or not, he’s the first person I’ve ever voted for who won. He’s ruined a perfect streak. I’ve been voting for some time now, so it was not ridiculous for me to say that my vote was the kiss of death for… Read full post »