Whither the United States?: A Review of “Tailspin” by Steven Brill
Charles Cottle — In the past year and a half numerous articles have been written about how the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States has highlighted the [...]
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Churches of Moscow, Russia and Vicinity
Charles Cottle — In May 2018 I took a tour to Russia, the Baltic countries, and Poland. We were in Russia for over a week, during which time we toured Moscow and St. [...]
Books Recently Read – Fall 2018 to Fall 2019
Charles Cottle —Below are a few short description of books I have read recently. I have grouped them into fiction and non-fiction categories. This past year I joined a [...]
Technology and Jobs of the Future: The View from Karl Marx
Charles Cottle — Reputable sources report that advances in technology now take more jobs from American workers than China. In the past, our educational system has [...]
Forty-Eight Hours in Budapest: A Photographic Essay
Charles Cottle and James Cottle — In May 2017 my brother Jim and I traveled on a tour of central Europe. The major cities on the tour included Budapest, Vienna, Prague, [...]
Do Tips Belong to the Employees Who Receive Them?
Charles Cottle — It appears, thanks to a Trump administration initiative, that the lives of many tipped employees in restaurants may soon get much worse. On December 5, [...]
Images of Oaxaca: A Photo Essay
Charles Cottle — I was recently invited to display several photographs of Oaxaca, Mexico at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater during the annual Latino Heritage [...]
What is the Relationship between Corporate Tax Rates and Job Growth?
Charles Cottle — The central component of the tax reform plan now in the U.S. Congress is a major corporate income tax cut from 35% to 20%. Critics charge that the plan [...]
Why Do We Like Crime Fiction So Much?
Charles Cottle — Take a look at the New York Times best seller list any given week and you will see that about a third of the books listed are crime mysteries. [...]
Books Recently Read: A Summer of Fiction
Charles Cottle — Over the summer I read a number of popular books from various best seller lists. Here are my short reviews of ten of those. As you can see, I [...]
Bring Back the Buckaroo: Or “Shane, Shane, Come Back!”
Charles Cottle — When I was young there were heroes. They were on TV, in the comic books, and at the movies. It was the 1950’s, the heyday of the cowboy western. [...]
Ten Simple Tips for Better Photos
Charles Cottle — Many of us who take pictures have traveled to beautiful places, taken photos, and returned home only to find that what we experienced at the [...]
How Can We Create Jobs?
Charles Cottle — In 1992 James Carville, Bill Clinton’s campaign manager, famously coined the phrase, “The Economy, Stupid.” The phrase went viral as [...]
Dining with the Colonel – No. 39
Charles Cottle — Snow was falling and I was tired. I was returning home to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin after a day of teaching at the university. It was 5:30 in the [...]
Parasites on the Working Poor: The Payday Loan Business
Charles Cottle — In the last few years a sure sign of declining economic capabilities among the working poor has been the proliferation of “payday” loan [...]
Two Walks in Oaxaca
Charles Cottle — Oaxaca draws me back, time after time. Since 2005 I have visited this city of half a million inhabitants many times. Like most visitors to this city in [...]
Why I Do Not Like Tipping
Charles Cottle — I do not like tipping waitresses, waiters, hotel bell boys, car wash attendants, or any other employees who depend upon tips for their wages. I am not [...]
Books Recently Read
Charles Cottle — Below are a few thoughts about books I have read recently. Mysteries are my guilty pleasure. Once I have started one, I find it hard to put it down. [...]
Who Benefits When China “Cheats”?
Charles Cottle — In the world of international trade, China cheats. Much was made of this claim in the 2012 election season and now again in 2016. China’s [...]
