Tuesday, September 5
More of us Need to Walk Away From the Pointless
I saw this on Instagram today and I thought it was perfect. More often than not, walking away is the right thing to do. If more of us did this, we could make the internet, and social media by extension, a more meaningful place for debate, discussion, and dialogue.
Sunday, September 3
Great Points Made in Hurricane Harvey Rescue Image
There are probably few who have not seen the iconic image of the man carrying the women and her baby through knee-deep waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Some themes developed in the wake of this image going world wide, and of course some great points are made.
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Tuesday, August 22
Eclipse!
I am not one of those people that was overly enamored with the eclipse. What did amaze me about the eclipse, and did actually surprise me, was the amount of attention given to the eclipse, especially by schools and students.
There was plenty of social media attention given to the eclipse, which can be good and bad and often irrelevant. Part of this coverage included kids and schools that were making special effort to see the eclipse and to teach about it, and to also protect young eyes from staring right at the eclipse without proper eye wear.
If this eclipse got these kids, any kids, to give thought to big ideas in their world, then that is awesome. These might be the kids that go on to study medicine or science or just attempt discovery. Again, this is a great thing. Maybe these kids reach for the stars and are behind the next great idea is space travel, maybe these kids develop medicines that alleviate certain pains or maybe these kids cure a disease or illness in their lifetimes.
It is a lot to ask of an event like an eclipse, but this is what dreaming and discovery and learning is really all about. And maybe this eclipse, an event we cannot control, change or alter, affected a fraction of a percent of the millions of children that observed it with awe and wonder. That is a great thing, and I am even more intrigued by this than I was about the eclipse itself.
I recently read a book by Ben Sasse called The Vanishing American Adult. I sincerely commend it to you. I mention that book here because the need to develop better, more capable adults in our society is an ultimate outcome of getting our kids to read and discover and wonder and dream...and even to venture outside their tiny circles, be they personal or online, and reach beyond their comfort zones.
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I might deflate my entire point now, but this Instagram post made me laugh and I am still laughing over this one.
There was plenty of social media attention given to the eclipse, which can be good and bad and often irrelevant. Part of this coverage included kids and schools that were making special effort to see the eclipse and to teach about it, and to also protect young eyes from staring right at the eclipse without proper eye wear.
If this eclipse got these kids, any kids, to give thought to big ideas in their world, then that is awesome. These might be the kids that go on to study medicine or science or just attempt discovery. Again, this is a great thing. Maybe these kids reach for the stars and are behind the next great idea is space travel, maybe these kids develop medicines that alleviate certain pains or maybe these kids cure a disease or illness in their lifetimes.
It is a lot to ask of an event like an eclipse, but this is what dreaming and discovery and learning is really all about. And maybe this eclipse, an event we cannot control, change or alter, affected a fraction of a percent of the millions of children that observed it with awe and wonder. That is a great thing, and I am even more intrigued by this than I was about the eclipse itself.
I recently read a book by Ben Sasse called The Vanishing American Adult. I sincerely commend it to you. I mention that book here because the need to develop better, more capable adults in our society is an ultimate outcome of getting our kids to read and discover and wonder and dream...and even to venture outside their tiny circles, be they personal or online, and reach beyond their comfort zones.
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I might deflate my entire point now, but this Instagram post made me laugh and I am still laughing over this one.
Sunday, July 30
Adrian Beltre’s Journey to 3,000
I have posted some thoughts at Medium about Adrian Beltre reaching the 3,000 hit mark earlier today. I invite you to take a look.
Adrian Beltre’s Journey to 3,000
Wednesday, July 5
Interview on The Price of Business 7-5-17
I joined Kevin Price on The Price of Business for two segments to talk about a variety of political things, including these early days of the Trump presidency. Both segments can be easily streamed right on the page.
Tuesday, May 23
My Letter to the Editor
Someone named Ed Hirs wrote an editorial in the Houston Chronicle that I happened to see. Mr. Hirs seemed to be talking about a subject that he is not familiar with. I wrote the following letter to the editor. I would assume it will not be published, so in order for it to see the light of day, I'm posting it here. I am also including the offending editorial for you to enjoy.
Dear Editor,
Professor Ed Hirs in his May 23 editorial "Trump 'trickle-down' tax plan would be a failure for Texas" makes several glaring assertions that just are not true. Prof. Hirs says that President Reagan's plan did not work in the 1980s, while every available policy metric solidly refutes that. And to go further, the same tax cut plan worked under President Coolidge in the 1920s and under President Kennedy via Lyndon Johnson (the tax plan had been pushed by Kennedy, after his death, Johnson got the bill passed). Tax rates came down, the economy grew and people went back to work, every time.
Dear Editor,
Professor Ed Hirs in his May 23 editorial "Trump 'trickle-down' tax plan would be a failure for Texas" makes several glaring assertions that just are not true. Prof. Hirs says that President Reagan's plan did not work in the 1980s, while every available policy metric solidly refutes that. And to go further, the same tax cut plan worked under President Coolidge in the 1920s and under President Kennedy via Lyndon Johnson (the tax plan had been pushed by Kennedy, after his death, Johnson got the bill passed). Tax rates came down, the economy grew and people went back to work, every time.
Professor Hirs would do well to look at the writing of fellow Houstonian, Professor Brian Domitrovic, who has chronicled the history of not only supply-side economics, but also a recent detailed history of the successful supply-side tax cuts of JFK in 1963-1964.
Saturday, May 20
Good Baseball Coaching
I like this video that I saw on Instagram. The ball may not have landed yet, and it was clearly a homerun the split second it left the bat. Pay close attention as it is tempting to try to see where the ball might land, to the first base coach. His way of motioning to the hitter to pick up his pace and get around the bases is laudable, and proper.
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