Example of Economic Recovery
How does a country whose economy was devastated by the 2008-09 financial crisis now find itself with more vacant jobs than workers to fill them? How does a county whose total economy shrank by 18% rebound and have a national budget surplus? By the way, an 18% contraction is larger than what Greece has seen […]
CAN I Be your BUD?: Decriminalization examined
Alright here’s your meat, then you get your pudding. After watching someone dance to Trash80’s ‘At teh disko’ one of two things can come to a person’s mind. The first is, “I don’t get it. It’s just a chick dancing in her dorm room.” The other is “Hey that beat isn’t too […]
How to assemble a Paul Bot: Step 4
While waiting for the inevitable ejection from public school by way of forced graduation or viscous expulsion, you had other things to do. Better things, like get back to figuring out what your tuning fork to the heart of the universe was. What phrase is this, you ask? Well earlier in your life you […]
How to assemble a Paul Bot: Step 3
Like a good little obedient child you return to the meat grinder from Pink Floyd’s rock-opera extravaganza and robotically write down the answers you were expected to memorize that week on blank lines or scribble in little ovals with your selection of either (A),(B),(C),(D) and don’t even think about rubbing that aluminum gum wrapper up […]
How to Assemble a Paul Bot: Step 2
You’ll never be able to wash away the memory of the first time your mom dropped you off to school. You can still see her getting smaller and smaller as she walked away from you and towards those giant, iron, double doors at the end of a checkered board tile linoleum floor. She disappears […]
How To Assemble a Paul Bot: Step 1
In an interstellar burst I’m back to save the universe. What pray tell is it that has moved me in such a way as to ensure my fingertips do their little dance this time around? You, of course. I have, for some time been in deep contemplation regarding no one other than you whose […]
