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Our local “fish wrap” printed a letter from an illegal immigrant, a college student, asking the State of NC to allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition to public universities. That’s like turkeys asking for Thanksgiving to be canceled. Why should the State of NC grant any privileges to people in the state illegally. TheyContinue reading “Dreamers?”

Revision #3 Updated 2/21/24 I went to college in the late 70’s. To pay for college I worked every summer, Christmas holidays, part-time during school, and borrowed money from our local bank. When I graduated, I immediately started work. My student debt was paid off in about 6 years. The money I borrowed was aContinue reading “Student Debt”

Almost every day in our local paper there is an article about “the affordable housing crisis.” County and city leaders are wrestling with zoning laws and proposed development plans for all types of housing, usually in the city. According to the local “fish wrap” the demand for rental housing is higher than the supply andContinue reading “Affordable Housing”

Just got back from a wonderful 10 day vacation to Jamaica. The island is open to travelers from the US. All the proper covid protocols were in place. Our resort was at 60% occupancy because Europe and Canada was closed to travel. The Jamaican Staff truly appreciated the American guests. As usual, the resort wasContinue reading “Trip to Jamaica”

Lebron James plays basketball for a living, He entered the NBA right out of high school. His teams have won multiple championships which has helped Lebron become a billionaire. Amazingly, he has about 50 million twitter followers, so you could consider him highly influential. Lebron has not spoken out against the genocide going on inContinue reading “LeBron James”

Tiger Woods is a professional golfer, perhaps the greatest of all time. I am a fan! For many years he was absolutely dominant on the PGA tour and across the world. TV viewership, revenues, prize money and tournament attendance rose significantly when Tiger was playing. Tiger was great for the game of golf. Tiger alsoContinue reading “Tiger Woods”

In 1973, Billy Joel released a song titled “The Piano Man”. The song was a huge hit. The lyrics told the story of a piano player in a local bar that customers came to listen to. The piano player drew a crowd and the owner of the bar knew it. The lyrics included: “It’s aContinue reading ““The Piano Man” by Billy Joel”

According to recent studies, the top 50 cities in the world that have the most polluted air are all in Asia. Those cities are heavily populated. Very crowded. And those cities contribute to poor air quality and climate change worldwide. Poor air is linked to climate change. Most environmentalists agree on that fact. Environmentalists alsoContinue reading “Population and Climate Change”

I believe some of the most despicable and difficult people to work with are those people that are highly arrogant and stupid. AOC is exactly that. AOC is 31 years old. Upon graduation from college she became a social activist, and waitress. Her father was an architect. She attend Boston University which costs $70,000 perContinue reading “Alexandria Ocasio Cortez-AOC”

Recently in NC, many political groups have asked the state and local governments to release crime statistics and other data. Those groups are specially focused on police data, like deaths while in jail, shootings by police, etc. I support the release of crime and police data. Let’s be transparent. I suggest reporting the data eachContinue reading “Crime Data”