Gordon's Notes

TLDR; If you are a US citizen by naturalization or adoption you should check (call SSA and wait on phone for 1-2 hours) that your SSN is cla...

One of the fun things that happens to Americans as we become redundant to life's requirements is signing up for Medicare. There's a ...

I wrote this for Facebook friends but I keep seeing people praising the "Free Tax" program and dissing Turbo Tax -- without any ac...

Involuntary bumped seat leading to assault on a United Airlines passenger ? Blame the Department of Transportation  (emphases mine): If y...

I’ve been using “crisis-T” as a tag for our times. I used to think it was a bit melodramatic; that maybe T would somehow veer to the fantas...

I’m having trouble sleeping. There are a few boring reasons for that, but the election is not helping. So it’s time to write while sleep-imp...

This is what I think socioeconomic support will look like in 2040 based on cognitive [2] quintiles. The bottom quintile (0-20%, non-voters)...

My home state of Minnesota, most annoyingly, uses caucuses . I attend the Dem variety in the bluest of neighborhoods. They are crowded, diso...

Donald Trump as the voice of the non-college 50% . TNC on the mass (black) incarceration society - and reparations . Hundreds of colleges p...

Happy accident frauds are emergent frauds — nobody needs to plan them. Don’t put your Disability Claims office on the fifth floor of a bui...

I missed this last year, but it’s worth knowing about. The usual suspects are exploiting weak security on tax returns ; they steal identitie...

I haven’t read Picketty ’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century . I’ll skim it in the library some day, but I’m fine outsourcing that work to...

Ten years ago Karl Rove, Richard Armitage and Lewis Libby took revenge on a man who'd exposed some of Bush/Cheney's Iraq lies. Thei...

The Philippines has been hit by a very powerful storm. Thousands are dead and more will die, suffering will be extensive and long lasting. (...

It isn't just China that struggles with counterfeit and defective medications. India's  Ranbaxy  makes much of the generic Lipitor ...

In healthcare, only the uninsured pay list price. They actually pay the crazy amounts that show up on their healthcare bills. Other payers, ...

There was a bit of press about an extensive CPI series investigating increases in charges by physicians using electronic health records. I ...

There may be atheists in foxholes, but there are few realists in the C-suite - or the White House. Optimists rule, and they scorn realists ...

"With great power comes great responsibility." Gingrich's inner geek smiled at that one. Certainly they had the power. The Dem...

Krugman tells us Germany and the EU must bail out Greece lest the entire EU crash and burn. Germany is unenthusiastic. Michael Lewis makes ...