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That's strangely phrased: "War on morality"? As if the GOP only selected men of high moral standing and the Dems tried to take them out? I'm afraid it doesn't work that way. The values voters on the Right have used morality as a cudgel to lambaste the behavior of those with whom they...

Money does not have the same "value" over time. That is why the analyses are in terms of either "current dollars" or "purchasing power". What $7.75 can buy you today is very, very, very different from what $7.74 could buy in 1960. In "real dollars" (constant dollars, or dollars adjusted for...

This seems disingenuous of corporations. Considering that the purchasing power of the minimum wage has not increased (but has actually decreased) over the last 40 years or so. The federal minimum wage hit its peak purchasing power nearly 50 years ago We cannot put people on an...

No, but we need to keep in mind that it is pure fiction to think that giving them tax breaks will somehow inerrantly create more jobs. Yes it may free up some money for reinvestment, but it isn't necessarily a 1:1 proposition. As we've seen before, when industry is given tax holidays they take...

I should also clarify that I am more than aware that there are more than just the pentatonic and all the variety of modes. But in the end it's a finite selection. :)

I think the really cool part of deep learning and AI applications is to point up the inherent patterns we simple humans are so prone to. I used to wonder if there was ever going to be a point at which every single "acceptable" combination of musical notes that could ever be put together would...

Scary indeed. Although the "creative" part often turns out funnier than intended. Deep learning only goes so far. Markov chain texts are often hilarious! (Maybe creativity in the future will only be funny. It will spell and end to serious or depressing creative works. Just hilarity!)

And no amount of tax incentives to industry will keep them from going for automation if it is possible. We need to give up the fiction that giving kickbacks or tax incentives to businesses incentivizes them to care one whit about the workers. In publically traded companies the ONLY people...

The last really godly man to inhabit the Oval Office, Jimmy Carter, is roundly excoriated by the Right 40 years later. It would be hard to be a person of virtue in the US Government. The people who vote based on "values" always seem to vote for the guy who has trouble not cheating on his...

Why don't these factories just move the "breaktimes" to align with the prayer times? Then the infidels could go out and smoke and the muslim workers could pray. I don't understand how this could be a big problem. Not unlike a Vice President demanding to have someone accompany him whenever...

I agree...this whole "Conyers Succession" thing is BIZARRE in the extreme. But the "French Royal Court" attitude seems to be taking over Washington. Just yesterday we heard the President's lawyer say he was incapable of being charged with breaking a certain law. Like he was some sort of...

As it should. It seems that so many men in positions of power act deplorably regardless of party affiliation. I am glad to see a sweep of all these deplorables out the doors.

I am somewhat confused by the recent claims that the President cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice (since that was one of the articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton).

But I am pretty sure the travel ban isn't related to illegal immigration but rather simply travel to the US by people from certain countries.

I assume you are praying that we reach out to more people fleeing tyranny and horrors? Praying that we take in the stranger without fear? So many people from these countries are trying to get away from daily horrors beyond our comprehension. I too hope for that. I understand that it is...

Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in

Sadly it may not be such a narrow category. Based on everything we've been hearing for the past few years.

Thanks for the clarification. What was the pressing need that could only be done by Trump now? Did something happen that pushed this topic to the fore?

I'm just thinking that once protected (even if you feel it was an overreach by Obama) we should seriously consider taking it back out of a protected state. Once an area is developed or potentially harmed by development it's really hard to take it back. Especially if there's historically...

Very good point. To simply marvel at the sheer size and say "size of some states" does make for a wildly broad range.