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The federal minimum wage is presently $7.25. The states in this grey and white fix the state minimum to the federal minimum (map source). The $7.25 was established in 2009. Wikipedia offers some interesting analyses related to the positive and … Continue reading →

Google is sponsoring a startup called Jigsaw that proposes to shape the Internet as a force for good. Among the priorities of this group is a focus on online toxicity. Jigsaw makes the case that online services are working on … Continue reading →

What is it that makes you feel like you have a sense of agency, a feeling of power? It is important we all feel some sense of control in our lives. Cindy sent me this from a Facebook site she … Continue reading →

I am playing Phil Collins all day in honor of his 70th birthday. I checked Last.FM which keeps a record of nearly every song I have listened to since 2006 and Phil came in at 56 (just behind Paul Simon … Continue reading →

When I was still working as a professor, I didn’t spend much time in the university library. I worked in my office or at what might seem strange to some in a campus coffee shop that was just across the … Continue reading →

Take the last trail to Markville and I will meet you at the station. With my apologies to the Monkees who in 1966 had a hit with Last train to Clarksville.

Some are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, but some have greatness thrust upon them.  I opened the Curmudgeon Hall of Fame nearly 10 years ago now. My goal was to recognize true greatness among my fellow curmudgeons. My standards … Continue reading →

Writing blog posts can result in the strange paranoia experienced by every creative. Will there ever be another interesting idea to write about? Whether you consider what I write about interesting or not, I am describing the personal fear no … Continue reading →

Social media services have been blamed for many things. In my way of thinking, it is important to different the privacy/manipulation of what is viewed issue from the inappropriate content issue. Section 230 is most directly about the second issue. … Continue reading →