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: Innuendo and Actuality
The recent articles in the New York Times are teeming with rich and tempting innuendo. The rough definition of the word innuendo is ‘an...
DICK BAYNTON: Government 101: Theory & Practice
In representative government, voters elect officials who in turn hire workers to carry out the policies of those who have been elected. That is...
DICK BAYNTON: New Year 2019
Here are some fearless forecasts for 2019 and beyond . . .Fasten your seat belt because there will be a blizzard of investigations. Most...
DICK BAYNTON: Shifting Sands of Government
There are many ways that the approximately 200 countries in today’s world are governed. The oldest country in the world is considered to be...
DICK BAYNTON: Life Expectancy
For babies born in the USA this year, they can expect to live on average 79.5 years. In order of life expectancy of world...
DICK BAYNTON: Power
This word has many meanings such as political power but one of the best known uses of the word relates to overhead ‘power’ lines,...