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December 9, 2024
Federal Government Power
The fundamental issue that divides “conservatives” from “liberals” in the United States is size of the federal government. The pure conservative believes that it should…
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June 19, 2023
The Power of Suggestion
I have clear memories of having my tonsils removed at age 5 or 6 in the 1940’s. It was standard procedure for children at…
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January 29, 2022
I Never Bought a Macintosh
I remember seeing an Apple Macintosh computer on display somewhere in Columbia, SC, in 1984 or 1985 and being amazed at the point and click…
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January 21, 2022
DJIA Trends
Below are a couple of charts, thanks to this website, that make a strong case for ignoring long term market trends while investing, constantly and…
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December 7, 2020
Financial Turning Point
I enjoy newsletter, Thoughts from the Frontline, by John Mauldin. For December 5th, he wrote about our widening wealth gap and the discontent of “elites”…
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April 13, 2020
The Men in My Life
A common current lament is about young men growing up without a strong and virtuous male presence in their lives. That certainly…
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November 4, 2018
Strong Economy? Give Me A Break!
I am a little puzzled that so many seem to be excited about and making voting decisions based on the current economy. Yes, unemployment is…
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September 28, 2018
Missed Opportunity
Judge K’s reaction to the interrogation is understandable given the irrational attacks on his personal character, but I wish he had been more rational, less…
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September 23, 2018
Thoughts on Judge Kavanaugh
If I were Judge Brett Kavanaugh, I would be wondering why I didn’t issue this statement and take this action when Mrs. Ford’s accusation first…
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July 28, 2018
Apple, Elegant Design, and Legislation
Originally published 9/20/2013 · republished 2018
Originally published 9/20/2013 as “Apple, Elegant Design, and the Affordable Care Act” There is an inspiring and exciting, at least to folks like me, Marco…
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February 2, 2018
Prisoners of our Cars
Originally published May, 2010 · republished 2018
Originally Published in May, 2010 – Still loving the townhouse and city living I grew up in Maryville, TN, always living within easy walking or…
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January 1, 2018
The WPA and Granny’s Little Brown Shack
In my previous Permanent Fixes Blog I posted a couple of times during the financial crisis about this family relic, using it as an example…
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September 3, 2017
Labeling and Limiting Ourselves and Others
David Brooks is spending a lot of time thinking lately and coming up with some good points such as in the attached column. We are…
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May 2, 2017
Writing History – Trump and the Civil War
This is an interesting hot news item of the day, just one example of the coverage in the clip above, about President Trump’s musings on…
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November 10, 2016
Power Shift Needed
Reading all the doomsday rhetoric on the web today about our president elect gives me hope that we all can unite now in demanding that…
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October 19, 2016
Permanentfixes on Facebook
If you are a Facebook user, please check out the Permanent Fixes Facebook Page.
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September 19, 2016
Banked, Unbanked, and Deplorable vs. Deplorables (12/15/2009)
Originally published 12/15/2009 · republished 2016
Note: This is an update of an older post from my Blog. The thing that reminded me of it was Mrs. Clintons “nouning” of the…
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August 24, 2016
Immigration Shaping Up As One of Three Big Issues
Once we get past the major peripheral presidential campaign issues currently dominating social and left and right wing media, there are three subjects that deserve…
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July 10, 2016
Saving Congress…and Ourselves (12/21/2014)
Originally published 12/21/2014 · republished 2016
Be careful with the following sentence about the original intent of our founders. It is the longest I have ever written. I’m dividing it up…
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July 4, 2016
A Nerdy President Everybody Could Trust (8/19/2014)
Originally published 8/19/2014 · republished 2016
Two or three weeks ago I saw on Facebook one of those irritating little “Quotes in a Box” attributed to USA President Calvin Coolidge. I…
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June 24, 2016
Designated Giving, Loss Leaders, and Planned Parenthood (Originally Posted 7/31/2015)
Originally published 7/31/2015 · republished 2016
Encouragement of designated giving can be an effective fundraising tool but, except in the case of major capital campaigns for specific projects, has little or…
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June 24, 2016
Troops or Teachers (Updated: Originally Posted 11/30/2012)
Originally published 11/30/2012 · republished 2016
Facebook is an excellent tool for, among other things, propagation of preposterous propositions. Just a few days ago I saw one of those little memes…
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June 18, 2016
Stinginess Not the Only Alternative to Philanthropy
Originally published 9/27/2012 · republished 2016
(Originally Published 9/27/2012) In a September 19, 2012, WSJ article, Geoffrey A. Fowler reported that more billionaires are signing on to the idea, promoted by Bill Gates and…
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June 18, 2016
Paying for Marriage, A Welfare Idea
Originally published 9/25/2009 · republished 2016
Paying for Marriage, A Welfare Idea (Originally Published 9/25/2009) The phrase, “You get what you pay for,” is usually used to justify a seemingly high…
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June 18, 2016
Shrunken (Now Vanished) Kodak and its Southern Offspring
Originally published 8/21/2010 · republished 2016
Shrunken (Now Vanished) Kodak and its Southern Offspring (Originally Published 8/21/2010) In 1972 I was employed (since 1965) by the third largest company in the…
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June 18, 2016
Sevier County Tennessee “Taliban”
Originally published 9/14/2010 · republished 2016
Sevier County Tennessee “Taliban” (Originally Posted 9/14/2010) Sevier County, nestled in the foothills of The Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee is best known as…
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June 18, 2016
Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the USA
Originally published 2/22/2011 · republished 2016
Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the USA (Originally Posted 2/22/2011) Living in Japan in the early 1990’s, we often read and heard that Japan is a…
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June 18, 2016
Man Alone
Originally published December 11, 2012 · republished 2016
(Originally posted December 11, 2012) I have been thinking about the income inequality issues, both gender income differences and class warfare issues, and scouting around…
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June 16, 2016
National Debt a Moral Issue
Some folks like the idea of a smaller and less intrusive government, lots of dynamic and competitive private business activity, and individual citizens making choices…
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June 15, 2016
Fooling Around With Mother Nature
Originally published 11/9/12 · republished 2016
A person vaguely familiar with Scripture may mistakenly remember Jesus advising against building a house on sand and in favor of starting with a good…
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