The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) calculated that in 2014, 10,945 Americans were shot to death.
Author: Jonathan Simeone
Carried Interest Explained
The carried interest rule is one of the major reasons why hedge fund managers and other wealthy investors pay much lower tax rates than many American families.
Natural Gas’s Climate Impact
In November of 2016, the amount of American electricity generated by coal fell below 30 percent for the first time in 45 years. That continued a downward trend in America’s consumption of coal that began in 2007.
I Saw Same-Sex Marriage Become Reality
In February of 2004, I was attending Suffolk University Law School in Boston and interning in the Massachusetts House Counsel’s Office. On February 11, the Massachusetts Legislature met in joint session as a constitutional convention. The topic that made Massachusetts the epicenter of the political world that day was whether same-sex couples should have the… Continue reading I Saw Same-Sex Marriage Become Reality
All the Bright Places
If a book makes me think, encourages me to wish, and reminds me of the unbeatable power of love–I’m hooked. If it forces me to feel emotions I sometimes try too hard to hide, I have a real winner.
Civilians Killed by US strikes
No one, not even the United States government, knows how many civilians it has killed during the so-called war on terror. Since absolute numbers are elusive, I’ve provided as clear a picture as I can provide. The resources linked to in this post contain a wealth of information on the number of civilians killed by… Continue reading Civilians Killed by US strikes
Lunch Shaming
New Mexico has become the first state in the country to outlaw so-called lunch shaming. Lunch shaming is the name given to the different ways schools have humiliated children with unpaid lunch bills in an attempt to get parents to pay the bill.
Yesterday was my Birthday
I’m another year older. We celebrated with a barbecue at Mom’s. As always, the food was tremendous. I’m very much looking forward to the leftovers I will be eating after I publish this post.
Health Insurance Across State Lines
Since 2011, five states, Georgia, Rhode Island, Maine, Kentucky, and Wyoming have passed laws allowing insurance companies to sell insurance plans in their states. Georgia’s law has been in affect since 2011. As of this writing, no policy has been sold under those state laws.
America Created Iran’s Nuclear Program
On December 8, 1953, President Eisenhower delivered his Atoms for Peace speech. Eisenhower believed the sharing of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes would limit the development of nuclear weapons.