Why do we play the National Anthem at pro sports events?
We play the national anthem because it was used as marketing - to transfer patriotism to sports ticket sales. Amazing story.
Blog update – slowing down
Busy with other things. Content updates will be slower and less frequent for a while.
Trust in “experts” falls over past 4 years
Health care professions, including veterinary medicine, and engineers, are rated highly. After that, the ratings fell off a cliff.
Life: Human life spans are getting longer
But everything is supposed to be awful and getting worse? Yet lifespans are becoming longer. Oops.
Healthcare: Analysis of the 2014 ACA Act
I wrote this long paper in 2016, analyzing and explaining why ACA ObamaCare policies became unaffordable.