Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
The oft-criticized Capitalistic system offers solutions to many of today’s challenges. The largest reductions in carbon emissions have come from natural gas, thanks to the market innovation of shale fracking. Competitive labor markets have helped minorities rise despite supposed residual racism. The wealth created by free markets and innovation, along with global trade, has lifted billions out of poverty as extreme global poverty has plunged to less than 10% from 45% in 1980 while world GDP has more than tripled.
“I have found that the happiest people are those who do the most for others;” noted Booker T. Washington, “the most miserable are those who do the least.”
Those that look at what is happening in Ukraine and think that it is not for us to get involved should remember the mistake where a policy of appeasement allowed Germany’s annexation of several east European sovereign nations, hoping that was as far as Hitler would go. Keep in mind that prior to the invasion of Ukraine, over the past fifteen years, Putin has in essence taken control of Chechnya, southern Georgia, and Crimea. And now he raises the specter of tactical if not strategic nukes. Can we really afford to allow the aggression to continue?
