Category Archives: Economics
Shaky economy awakens possibility of dumpster diving for nation’s jobless
In view of the current sagging economy, (we’ve got 8.8 percent unemployment in Alabama at the moment) I decided to visit again a little book I first encountered in 1993: The Art & Science of Dumpster Diving, by John Hoffman, … Continue reading
Filed under Economics
One facet of our economy is in boom time: frantic sale of guns, ammo
I will give you this: our current economy is certainly the strangest which ever puzzled me. It may rank as the oddest and most disastrous in history. (It’s the unemployment, stupid!) Guns and ammunition seem to be pacing the so-called … Continue reading
Filed under Guns
Jerry Proctor is the handle. I've logged 45 years in the newspaper racket. I've done interesting stuff from soldiering in Asia to fighting with the Society for Creative Anachronisms in Alabama. Statistics: married, four kids, two grand kids, retired. Like almost everything from Art to Zoology. "Thunderations" is a 19th century way of uttering an imprecation respectably.
