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    The Disloyal Opposition
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    The Disloyal Opposition

    Robert Hamill 19 Mar 201530 May 2022Leave a comment

    political calculation (i.e. good for their party over good for the nation) again drove their decision-making.

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    Inflation Measurement
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    Inflation Measurement

    Robert Hamill 17 Dec 20143 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Actual inflation occurs when your income can't buy the same daily goods with your salary

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    Deflation and Falling Energy Prices

    Robert Hamill 16 Dec 201428 Apr 2023Leave a comment

    Declining gasoline, diesel, and petrochemical prices help the non-energy economy grow, boosting activity that 90% of the GDP that is not in the energy sector.

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    Letting Your Subconscious Work For You

    Robert Hamill 9 Dec 201430 May 20221 Comment

    Link your memories and interests with the course material. Do this before the course starts. So it's your interests, not the teacher's.

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    Only People, Not Corporations
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    Only People, Not Corporations

    Robert Hamill 15 Oct 201430 Nov 2023Leave a comment

    “Corporations are people, too” is double-dipping on citizenship rights. Their leaders already have a vote and the means to voice their opinions.

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    Dreaming in Sleep Apnea

    Robert Hamill 24 Aug 201430 Dec 20222 Comments

    My theory is that the many subconscious wakeups, reported in my sleep apnea study, reinitiate the same dream, when the wakeups occur frequently within a…

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    Creative Destruction and the Social Contract
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    Creative Destruction and the Social Contract

    Robert Hamill 23 Aug 201428 Nov 20241 Comment

    Financially arranged consolidation is not creative destruction. It is the transfer of assets without pension responsibility

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    Nature Nurture Free Will

    Robert Hamill 4 Jun 201428 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    Is our behavior completely explained by nature and nurture or does individual free choice play a role?

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    Government Size and Role
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    Government Size and Role

    Robert Hamill 20 Apr 201410 Jul 2024Leave a comment

    It's always puzzled me - just what is the scope of government? And what is the individual's scope? That of course raises the issue of…

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    Gas Price Inflation
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    Gas Price Inflation

    Robert Hamill 4 Feb 201428 Apr 2023Leave a comment

    In Twilight Zone episode, gas is 32.9 cents/gal. Now it's 10 times higher. What's the inflation rate?

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    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)