Dick Baynton
STUART REVERCOMB: We Will Greatly Miss The Indefatigable Dick Baynton
EDITOR'S UPDATE:Three days after sending the note that follows (March 17 - his last communication with us) Dick passed away while awaiting the possible surgery he mentions below. Per...
DICK BAYNTON: March Public Service Announcements
Following are two public service announcements that were forwarded to members of the ‘Big Lick...
DICK BAYNTON: Healthcare U.S.A.
The total cost of healthcare in the US was about 18% of GDP in 2019;...
DICK BAYNTON: Life and Death In Idlib Province, Syria
Syria, about the size of North Dakota with a population of about 17 million people...
DICK BAYNTON: Political Sophistry
Recently I heard one of the current band of presidential candidates whine that he had...
“Middle Class”
Both Democrats and Republicans seem to be trying to capture the hearts and minds of people in the ‘middle class’. Who are these...
Term Limits Are Needed Across The Board
A reader named Jim suggested a topic that needs to be exposed to the sunlight. Today’s column is addressed to Jim and all...
Best Answer: Update Mental Health System AND Enforce Present Gun Laws
Since December 14, 2012 there has been an outpouring of sympathy from people here in the U.S. and around the world for the...
Debt Limit Is Out of Hand and Out of Sight
The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ crisis is now in the rear-view mirror, having been ‘neutralized’ rather than ‘solved’. We all know that the next fiscal...
A “Jobs Report”… Report
The ‘jobs report’ is published each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. The most recent...
Washington’s Gift to the People: $620 Billion in New Taxes
The ‘national debt’ of .4 trillion is simply the accumulated amount of money our federal government spends more than it collects. It isn’t...