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Siegfried Othmer is a physicist currently engaged in the development of neurofeedback as a brain-training strategy for mental dysfunctions and for enhanced cognitive and emotional functioning.
Saturday, September 18, 2010 A Lesson in Potholes (1 comments)
Our near-term economic performance depends on our attention to infrastructure concerns and to our societal needs. This is primarily a government burden, which requires more taxation.
Friday, September 10, 2010 Ruminations on the San Bruno Fire (3 comments)
Fire hazard after earthquakes is one of a number of societal concerns that could lead to economic recovery via a focus on infrastructure improvements.
Monday, September 6, 2010 The State of Labor (3 comments)
The check-mating of Democratic initiatives in Congress increasingly means that progressive causes must be served by private initiative to the greatest degree possible. The cause of labor is the most obvious case in point.
Sunday, April 4, 2010 Worrying a Fragile Social Cohesion
Religious belief may be the key animating impulse behind a fragmenting social cohesion in the US. If so, a frustrated progressivism must choose its causes wisely.
Monday, January 11, 2010 On Negro dialect (4 comments)
If Senator Reid cannot speak the truth about race without it being considered a gaffe, then perhaps others among us need to carry the discourse forward.
Thursday, December 31, 2009 The Path Not Taken (1 comments)
President Carter's views on the state of the country in 1979 are even more relevant today. A historical perspective on how we got here helps to clarify our current challenges---political, economic, and technical.
Monday, December 28, 2009 Voluntary taxation (4 comments)
The article considers the desirability and means of allowing individuals to either opt in or out with regard to public support of abortion, capital punishment, and undeclared wars.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Rumination on Taxation (1 comments)
Options for restoring tax equity are discussed, with the dual objectives of restoring fiscal credibility to Washington and of righting the economic ship of state.
Monday, November 23, 2009 Thoughts on Afghanistan (1 comments)
Discusses risks of military escalation and introduces policy alternatives
Sunday, October 25, 2009 On Torture: The Issue of Collective Guilt (9 comments)
After Hitler, Germany had to deal with collective guilt.
Now that the USA has its own issue of the violation of the Geneva Convention regarding torture, the question of collective guilt needs once again to be raised. As far as I can tell, there has been essentially no discussion of our common, shared responsibility for what we have allowed to happen.
Friday, September 26, 2008 Toward a New Economy (2 comments)
The proposed bailout is a rescue effort for an economy that has not served the nation well. But the alternatives are not up for debate. As the bailout is unlikely to be effective in the long run, it is best to explore alternative economies now.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 A Revitalized Liberal Agenda
A reflection on a liberal resurgence on the basis of foreseeable technological developments that imply a moral mandate for our society.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Musings on the Fed (2 comments)
The center of power in our country has already gravitated from Washington to Wall Street. Its incestuous marriage to the Fed completes the hegemony of capital over our political institutions. On the one hand, capital claims the freedoms accorded all private ventures. And on the other hand the Fed has been deliberately insulated from public pressures.The people hardly matter anymore. This is the essence of fascism.
Monday, March 24, 2008 Assuring a Progressive Future (1 comments)
The opposition has no intention of playing fair.
Too bad the press is otherwise engaged. It is not our press anymore, simple as that. It has become the mouthpiece for interests not our own.
In this fragile state of our democracy, it is not enough for us to shove Barack out front as our gladiator against the forces of evil. It is not enough to mobilize for the election and then retire to the sidelines.
Monday, July 17, 2006 Tantrum Politics
A couple of years ago our California ballot offered voters the opportunity to support stem cell research in the form of a $3B state funding commitment to a targeted research program. I recall only the vaguest details of what I voted for, and I certainly had misgivings about many aspects of this initiative. This is not the kind of issue where direct democracy should be exercised.
