I have watched all of the GOP debates. Not once but at least twice due to re-broadcasts and availability to review them on FoxNews and YouTube. Frequently, a comment similar to, America was built by hard-working Americans, has been voiced by a candidate. In fact, Newt Gingrich, at the Iowa debate, stated, “We are a…
One needs to set aside his/her personal bias in order to learn. A few months ago I wrote an article addressing the Tea Party/Ron Paul notion of returning to the Gold Standard. I had to set aside my own personal bias – that returning to the Gold Standard was literally a moronic idea – and…
Jon Taffer is “The Man” when nightclubs, bars, or restaurants begin their slide into obscurity, failure, and perhaps eventual closure, or foreclosure. Jon has a staggeringly impressive resume: the current president of the Nightclub & Bar Media Group, has restored over 600 bars and nightclubs, is one of only 6 people in the Nightclub Hall…
A disturbing pathology has arisen within the American Educational System, both within K-12 and Higher Education. Policies implemented throughout all levels of the United States educational system and changes of attitudes within families are resulting in American students that are not adequately prepared for current or future employment, and worse, woefully ill-prepared to face the…
Labor and all associated traits, components, and concerns are of immense interest to economic geographers. Of particular interest is the movement of labor-intensive manufacturing jobs from historically manufacturing based economies, such as the United States, to low-wage, low-skill, low-income states, like China, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian countries. Low-income states, such as Vietnam, China, or…
Based on “America’s Oil Imports: A Self-Inflicted Burden,” by Vaclav Smil, University of Manitoba, Annuals of the Association of American Geographers, v101, no. 4, July 2011. Americans are mesmerized by oil. A real addiction. Politicians fight to open ANWAR like junkies trying to figure out just exactly where they can get a reliable supply of…
Rand Paul and his father, Ron Paul, have many quotes and attributions stating they favor returning to the stable economic days when the United States backed all of its currency with either gold or silver. I think before anyone jumps on this bandwagon to CrazyTown, we need to really examine the Gold Standard. Gold and…
Whether one is a welder, a foreign diplomat, or a genetic engineer, being educated about the world makes a society better. The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a front-page piece detailing the educational efforts of our state legislators, “How Educated Are Our State Legislators?” Definitely some surprises. Arkansas, for example, ranks higher than Maine. I…
Americans are an ignorant lot. Though pained to state this, I believe that by-and-large Americans are pretty ignorant. Ignorance does not mean “stupid,” ignorance simply means, “uninformed.” Lest you think I am above being ignorant myself, I am not. I realize I am ignorant, though, and the more I learn the more I realize…
>Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup, says that the United States needs to get ready to be Number 3 in the world, economically speaking. Don’t come after me, email him. It is inevitable, though. Let’s run some numbers. Population of the United States: …. 310,000,000 people Population of China: ………………1,400,000,000 people Population of India: ……………….1,100,000,000…
Constant Geography 
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