Trump Should be Impeached Now - Tom Evslin
Congress should do its job.
Read moreUVMMC Ransom Attack Postmortem: Preparing for next time - Fractals of Change, Tom Evslin
First, kudos to the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) for not giving any serious consideration to paying ransom, as reported in VTDigger. Even if they had trusted the hackers to unlock the files and remove all malware, each ransom paid guarantees more attacks on someone else. The hackers are in it for the money.
Don’t let the media grinches steal the Good News! - Tom Evslin
“Initial day of Vaccination in the USA Highly Successful” would have been an accurate headline last Tuesday. “Predicted Side Effects Controlled” might have been a good subhead
Read moreCommentary: What if I think Covid restrictions go too far? - Fractals of Change
He fussed, He fumed. Then Tom Evslin thought better of fighting the governor’s Covid restrictions.
Read moreThe Whole Story: Want to reduce emissions? Grow trees, not corn (for ethanol) – Tom Evslin
Time to replace corn with trees.
Read moreThe Whole Story: Dystopian novel shows dangers of current short-term thinking - Fractals of Change
Pay attention to the “science” of economics, author warns
The Whole Story: When Man in the Moon gets makeover, our leaders go loony - Fractals of Change
By Tom Evslin
Don’t worry; this is just fantasy reaction.
First the fake news: At 8:07PM Eastern Daylight Time last night observatories and amateurs alike reported a series of strong moonquakes. The face of the man in the moon no longer looks familiar. The cause is yet unknown. Violent protests have surged in Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis.
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Commentary: Raise minimum wage, reduce welfare - Fractals of Change
Pay for $15 federal minimum wage by cutting welfare - that’s one way to end the benefits cliff, Tom Evslin says.
Read moreCommentary: pandemic has taught ‘orthodox conservative’ error of his ways - Fractals of Change
Tom Evslin, longtime economic conservative, says the pandemic has taught him that Vermont should “substantially raise the minimum wage” because it’s better for both small business owners and workers than unionizing. What heresy is this?!
Read moreCommentary: make masks, vaccinations mandatory, but not plastic bags - Fractals of Change
The opinionated Mr. Evslin thinks masks and vaccination should be mandatory. But he would scrap the plastic bag ban and the mandatory composting.
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