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Debate and disagreement is definitely a dying skill. I’m tired and grumpy from kids being up till 2am screaming at each other To bring it closer to home you only need to look at discussions in SC from 20 years ago and how there was heated debate, but still substance. It probably gradually declined rather than fell off a cliff, but the last couple of years there was not much debate as people shouting their viewpoints.

So it would appear that, "President Trump’s sweeping agenda took its first hit Thursday, when a federal judge put a temporary hold on his birthright citizenship executive order." Perhaps if there were an AG, they would have explianed it to him.

Hi Wendy, Then there is this: Jerry Baumchen PS) Just watched 'Join or Die,' quite interesting. Don't agree with a lot of it; but, at least he tries.

Is that a non economist or a nonconforming economist? [runs]

My signature line used to read, "Everyone is trying so hard to be heard that no one is listening." It fell on deaf ears.

Yeah. To me, talking WITH someone is kind of like playing catch WITH them. You want to stretch both of you, but if you make it impossible, they lose interest very fast. It takes little kids awhile to learn that (they think it's a riot to throw the ball so it's impossible to catch). Once they figure out that you keep playing with them as long as you can catch most of the balls (and they figure out you could, in fact, make it impossible for them, too), it gets to be a whole lot more fun, and better for both. Wendy P.