During the recent government shutdown many federal employees were required to work without pay. This was somewhat ironic, and ominous, given America’s dark history of slavery.
Staving off Dementia
Dementia is a scary thing and people do brain exercises in an attempt to prevent or delay it. But it’s been shown that our brains benefit more from being with other people than doing things alone.
Health Care: Compassion
Part of the problem we have with healthcare in the U.S. is that people working for large companies or government typically have very good health insurance, thank you very much. They are not interested in any changes that might negatively affect them.
The Will of the Dead People
In the Brexit vote, older people voted to Leave but the young voted overwhelmingly to Remain. Since the vote, many older people have died and many young people have become old enough to vote. If the vote was held now, with no one changing their vote, the country would probably vote to Remain in the E.U.
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver has just died so I thought I would re-post a cartoon from last August that used a lot of her wonderful lines. As a sort of tribute or memorial.
Dysfunction
The world seems to be increasingly dysfunctional. As global warming and automation put more stresses on society, what will we do?
Health Care: Taxes
Many Americans fear their taxes would go up if the U.S. adopted Universal Healthcare. But we are already in effect taxed heavily since the money companies pay towards employee healthcare could instead be income for the employees.
