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A SALES TAX FOR THE RICH

56thst.com Posted on August 20, 2025 by joelsnell99August 20, 2025

A LES TAX FOR THE RICH Kutner, Robert (2005) Beware of sales tax in the name of simplicity BUSINESS WEEK, 16-17 Most sales tax and consumption taxes are regressive, the middle and the bottom pay more than the very top. … Continue reading →

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EXAMPLES OF GASLIGHTING

56thst.com Posted on August 20, 2025 by joelsnell99August 20, 2025

Skip to con 20 common examples of gaslighting 119228 About 6,120,000 results © 2025 Microsoft

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TOP TEN DISEASES

56thst.com Posted on August 20, 2025 by joelsnell99August 20, 2025

These are the top 10 health conditions affecting Americans Through a first-of-its-kind measurement, we can pinpoint — by county — what is impacting Americans’ health. By Kate Morgan for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association There are more than 325 million … Continue reading →

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DEAD MAN CALLS BEFORE THE FUNERAL

56thst.com Posted on August 19, 2025 by joelsnell99August 19, 2025

DEAD MAN CALLS RIGHT BEFORE FUNERAL ___________, (2004) “Man Presumed dead calls daughter at wake” YAHOO NEWS, 9/17 P. 1-2 His sister identified his body at the morgue. The face was mashed up by the accident, but she believed that … Continue reading →

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57 CHANNELS AND NOTHING IS ON

56thst.com Posted on August 19, 2025 by joelsnell99August 19, 2025

57 CHANNELS AND NOTHIN’ IS ON Bruce Springsteen’s song about cable channels is a pleasant surprise. He sings about having a cable television with 57 choices and there isn’t anything that he likes. So he does the sensible thing and … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER WARREN BUFFET

56thst.com Posted on August 19, 2025 by joelsnell99August 19, 2025

ANOTHER WARREN BUFFETT SURPRISE Gardner, Adrienne (2005) Warren Buffett’s invisible empire BUSINESS WEEK, 5/30, 84-85 In the spring, Buffett arranges for his annual meeting to occur in Omaha Nebraska. Investors from all over the world go there for his sage … Continue reading →

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RACIAL DIVISIONS

56thst.com Posted on August 19, 2025 by joelsnell99August 19, 2025

RACIAL DIVISIONS Roughly 63% of the population is non-Hispanic whites. There are white Latinas and non-white Latinas. They count as people of color.  All of this can complicate political analysis. Franz Fanon, a French Algerian intellectual said many things, but … Continue reading →

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HUMAN NATURE

56thst.com Posted on August 19, 2025 by joelsnell99August 19, 2025

Pinker, Steven (2002) The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, New York: Viking, 509 pages. REPLAY Pinker attacks the modern/post modern academic holy trinity (empiricism, romanticism, and dualism.) In common terms, humans are a product of their environment; … Continue reading →

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CHAOS THEORY

56thst.com Posted on August 19, 2025 by joelsnell99August 19, 2025

BOOK REVIEW ADDENDUM CHAOS THEORY: CATASTROPHIC THEORY A BOOK REVIEW Gladwell, Malcom THE TIPPING POINT (2000) Boston: Little Brown and Company. INTRODUCTION This is an excellent book featuring catastrophic theory, where small change in confluence with other stimuli summates to … Continue reading →

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META-COGNITIVE ANALYSIS

56thst.com Posted on August 19, 2025 by joelsnell99August 19, 2025

Meta-cognitive Analysis: An alternative to Literature Reviews and Meta-analysis for the Sciences and the Arts Introduction: The authors will introduce a new method of analysis that combines qualitative and quanatative methods to help researchers analyze data when they do not … Continue reading →

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