LYNN BERGMAN: A COIN FLIP ELECTION?
Why were 2016 presidential election results so close in so many states? From my past involvement in political campaigns, I'd like to offer some empirical thinking. Perhaps the answer may…...
Lynn Bergman
Monday, November 28, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
LYNN BERGMAN: AMERICA REJECTS MONARCHY, EMBRACES FREEDOM
Months ago, Donald J. Trump eliminated another “Bush family” nomination toward election to the Presidency, despite being grossly outspent. Earlier this month Trump and American voters who supported him prevented…...
Monday, October 03, 2016
LYNN BERGMAN: IF SOCIALISM COULD JUST BE IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY…
Predator, Prey, or Scavenger? How do we choose to view our individual existence? Are we a creature within the natural world? If so, are we a predator, are we prey,…...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: IS IT JUST LA NINA TIME AGAIN
“Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.” So reads a line in Coleridge’s poem “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.” The mariner who shot an albatross (a symbol…...
Friday, July 31, 2015
LYNN BERGMAN: BOOK REVIEW - IMMANUEL KANT’S 18TH CENTURY IDEALISM
Lest we judge today's Germany and its people by it's most notorious madman, it behooves us to remember one of the most important philosophers of the ages. Immanuel Kant, the…...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
LYNN BERGMAN: HOLLYWOOD TRAITORS, BLACKLISTED SCREENWRITERS, AGENTS OF STALIN, ALLIES OF HITLER
A book review by Lynn Bergman Copyright © 2015 by Allan H. Ryskind The author’s father was Morrie Ryskind (10/20/1895 – 8/24/1985), a playwright and screenwriter with several Marx Brothers…...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
LYNN BERGMAN: TIME TO GRILL RAILROAD CEO?
We remember when congress grilled British Petroleum’s Hierarchy after the Gulf Oil Spill on April 20, 2010. $20 billion was immediately set aside by BP for cleanup… and promises were…...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: ND HIGHER ED OPPOSES MN COPPER & NICKEL MINING….WITH TAXPAYER $$?
I had recently read “River of Doubt”, the story of Teddy Roosevelt’s Amazon expedition, so after viewing the colorful poster on the grocery store bulletin board, I attended the presentation…...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: MY FAMILY TREASURES
One wouldn’t think it should take until age 66 to fully appreciate the subtleties of my Lutheran family indoctrination. The realization came to me in a dream featuring my Aunt…...
Friday, July 25, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: TAXATION HISTORY, CATEGORIES AND COMPARISONS - PART III
Part I Part II Part III - Relative Merits of Various Taxes A. Competitiveness with other states: The Tax Foundation’s 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index is a…...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: TAXATION HISTORY, CATEGORIES AND COMPARISONS - PART II
Part II - Comparing Various Forms of Taxation A. Consumption-based Taxes Value-added Tax A value added tax (VAT) applies to the market value added to a product or material at…...
Monday, July 07, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: TAXATION HISTORY, CATEGORIES AND COMPARISONS - PART I
Kinds of taxes Executive Summary Our democratic republic was founded by courageous revolutionaries whose passions for freedom were ignited by a loathing of “taxation without representation”. While we have enjoyed…...
Sunday, June 22, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: DEVALUATION….INFLATION….FEDERAL RESERVE….WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET?
Bubble of all Bubbles oOOOO My interest was triggered by the Dale Wetzel radio program on Saturday morning of June 21, 2014. A discussion of the North Dakota defined benefits…...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: THE CONTINUING LEGACY OF “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL”?
Separate But Equal The Continuing Legacy of “Separate but Equal”? History of “Separate but Equal” Disney’s 1946 movie “Song of the South” masked a thinly veiled racism that…...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: MONARCHY RETURNING FROM 240 YEAR HIATUS? PART II
The problem in trying to unseat an incumbent president is obvious… the incumbent doesn’t usually have to fight off a serious challenge from his own party in the primaries. Meanwhile,…...
Monday, April 07, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: RETURN OF MONARCHY AFTER 240 YEAR HIATUS?
Observing the gatherings of North Dakota’s political power structures during the last few weeks has done nothing to feed by optimism concerning the “grand experiment” that is our so-called democratic…...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: LEGENDARY PAUL WILLIAMS SINGS FOR HOPE MANOR - A CONCERT REVIEW
I first saw the advertisement about two months ago. Arguably the greatest songwriter, certainly the most prolific, of the last sixty years was to entertain in Bismarck at the Belle…...
Monday, February 03, 2014
LYNN BERGMAN: MANDELA - SELF EDUCATION FOR A PEACEFUL REVOLUTION
It took me a considerable period of time to adequately reflect on Nelson Mandela’s life following his death on Thursday, December 5th, 2013. My breakthrough came through a circuitous route;…...
Friday, April 19, 2013
LYNN BERGMAN: MY CHICAGO MARATHON
The Quest After looking for months for a used sub-compact car with low miles and excellent gas mileage, the opportunity finally arose on April 8th. The 1998 Honda Civic LX…...
Monday, February 25, 2013
LYNN BERGMAN: LESSONS FROM SANDY HOOK - KNOWLEDGE AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY LACKING
PBS’s Frontline, in collaboration with the Hartford Courant, has aired “Raising A*** L****” (mass murderers want their name in lights). This is perhaps the best piece of investigative journalism in…...
LYNN BERGMAN: THE CURSE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
Edmund Burke (1727-1797), Irish born member of the British Parliament, in his speech to the House of Commons of March 22, 1775 “on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the…...
Sunday, December 23, 2012
LYNN BERGMAN: AUSTRALIAN GUN CONTROLS - A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
1996 Port Arthur Massacre On April 28, 1996, a 28 year old Australian man with “intellectual disabilities” and a history of violent and erratic behavior since childhood went on…...
Monday, November 26, 2012
LYNN BERGMAN: THE “FISCAL CLIFF” - IS SEQUESTRATION A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO CAPITALITALISM
New York Times columnist David Brookes insists that the right balance is $2.50 in spending cuts for each $1.50 in tax reform. That is 62.5% spending cuts and 37.5% tax…...
Thursday, November 08, 2012
LYNN BERGMAN: FINAL STAGES OF AMERICAN DEMENTIA
Eat your Slice of the Federal Pie but Don’t Spill Grover Norquist once asked me why North Dakota had a state owned bank and mill & elevator. He also wanted…...
LYNN BERGMAN: FINAL STAGES OF AMERICAN DEMENTIA
Eat your Slice of the Federal Pie but Don’t Spill Grover Norquist once asked me why North Dakota had a state owned bank and mill & elevator. He also wanted…...
Thursday, October 11, 2012
LYNN BERGMAN: NORTH DAKOTA K-12 EDUCATION - PROPOSAL FOR INNOVATION & REFORM
PART I – NORTH DAKOTA “OIL PATCH” PROJECTION Oil “Floor Prices” in Recent U.S. Recessions: 1990-91 Recession - Dependence on imported oil was at 50% and price subsequently fell…...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
LYNN BERGMAN: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS BI-PARTISAN? – WEBSITE REVEALS TRUTH!
I recently attended a League of Women Voters debate between Republican Kevin Cramer and Independent Pam Gulleson. At the beginning, the moderator identified the League as a “non-partisan” organization, a…...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
LYNN BERGMAN: MIRIAM OF MAGDALA, FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY
A book report on “The Gospel of Mary Magdalene”, a translation from the Sahidic Coptic to English by Jean-Yves Leloup “Those who have ears, let them hear!” Disciples…...
Monday, July 16, 2012
LYNN BERGMAN: NORTH DAKOTA’S CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISM REAPING RESULTS
Number of State Employees has Leveled and Should Decline in the Future I have maintained for several years that one of the most important barometers of state government growth…...
LYNN BERGMAN: NORTH DAKOTA’S CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISM REAPING RESULTS
Number of State Employees has Leveled and Should Decline in the Future I have maintained for several years that one of the most important barometers of state government growth…...
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