Dick Baynton
STUART REVERCOMB: We Will Greatly Miss The Indefatigable Dick Baynton
EDITOR'S UPDATE:Three days after sending the note that follows (March 17 - his last communication with us) Dick passed away while awaiting the possible surgery he mentions below. Per...
DICK BAYNTON: March Public Service Announcements
Following are two public service announcements that were forwarded to members of the ‘Big Lick...
DICK BAYNTON: Healthcare U.S.A.
The total cost of healthcare in the US was about 18% of GDP in 2019;...
DICK BAYNTON: Life and Death In Idlib Province, Syria
Syria, about the size of North Dakota with a population of about 17 million people...
DICK BAYNTON: Political Sophistry
Recently I heard one of the current band of presidential candidates whine that he had...
DICK BAYNTON: The Immigration Debate is Gone
It is a pleasure to announce that the immigration debate doesn’t exist. You may be surprise, but it is true. There is not now...
We Have Lost Our Moxie
Saul Alinsky, who died in 1972 at age 63, was the author of Rules for Radicals published in 1971. His son, L. David Alinsky...
Orlando and Gun Violence
Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) speaking recently from the Senate floor asked this question (in part), “What can you do to make sure that Orlando...
Memorial Day and D-Day 2016
June 6, 1944 was the beginning of the end, or perhaps the end of the beginning of Hitler’s dreams of domination and activation of...
Memories of Hope and Change
Over the last few years, we have all heard complaints about the federal income tax code. Nothing notable has happened. The Post Office generates...
Why Government is a Volatile Enterprise
On May 19th, Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the National Urban League Legislative Policy Conference in Washington, District of Corruption. In his speech...