Author: Robert Hamill
Gas Price Inflation
In Twilight Zone episode, gas is 32.9 cents/gal. Now it's 10 times higher. What's the inflation rate?
Black Hole Derivation
I was fiddling around with a particle accelerating to the speed of light in a gravitational field. I came up with r
Magazines and Anthologies with Short Stories
I noticed the other day when I posted a snapshot of 'Buffalo Girls' that it was the first novel I'd read in 4 months. After…
Gore-Tex Invention
Another case where science moved by fits and starts rather than reasoned logic.
Obama The Good, the Bad, and the Uglies
The ugly came out in extreme supporters and opponents. Each believed they had the one true truth and the other side is evil incarnate. Compromise…
Minimum Wage Boosts GDP
More of the worker’s income goes into economic activity, increasing GDP while the owners build their savings.
Festival at Thurmont
The bright streamers seemed pennants of aristocratic families and fair beauties. Local peasants hawked their handiworks, made in the dim light of the fireside, after…
Two Big Questions
1. If you believe in religion, how do you logically reject other supernatural interventions? 2. If you believe in science, how do explain free will?
Different Ways of Weighing the Same Short Story
What counts more to you - style or substance? Can a woman write a male lead as credibly as she writes a female lead? Can…