Archive for January 23rd, 2011
Tony Bagels and the Rest of the Mob
Seems that there was a big round-up of suspected Mafiosi the other day. I don’t think these were your Tony Soprano types. These guys were allegedly the real deal. In my childhood neighborhood, the local rackets were run by the Smalldone brothers, Eugene (“Checkers”), Clarence (“Chauncey”, and Clyde (“Flip-Flop”). I met Checkers and Chauncey a […]
Jason’s 3 Simple Ways to Create Jobs in Delaware & 2 Simple Bonus Ways to Create Jobs in America – Part 2
So here are items #2 & #3 for creating more jobs in Delaware. (Get thee to your fainting couch teabaz.)
Jason’s 3 Simple Ways to Create Jobs in Delaware & 2 Simple Bonus Ways to Create Jobs in America – Part 1
Ever since Jack Markell’s State of the State Address, I’ve been trying to think of ways the government could leverage its resources to create jobs. The internet was not much help. For example I found teabagger now Senator Marco Rubio’s “23 Simple Ways” to create jobs. 9 of the first 10 simple ideas involve shoving money into the pockets of wealth people and hoping they hire another housekeeper.
That plays well for the misanthropic Florida geezers who he represents, but bitter experience tells us that tax cuts are not the magical job creating unicorn that conservatives still imagine them to be. SO what then?
Books Will Be Very Rare in Schools in Less Than Ten Years
Not because every school will be like St. E’s with its new IPad lab. And not because all schools will be issuing lap tops to their students (although many will). But when broadband is ubiquitous, and schools stop being concerned about what screens (smart phone, lap top, eReader, desktop) students use to access their lessons […]
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