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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

The Writer's Life 12/27 - Legal Theft & More

The new tax bill eliminates the penalty levied against those who do not purchase health insurance. So what are insurance companies doing to counter the loss of guaranteed income? According to an op-ed piece in today's NY Post by Betsy McCaughey, they're lobbying politicians in high tax states to institute such fines. They would deny the individual the right to choose what is best for him/her. They are thieves.

In another piece, Robert Cherry, professor of Economics at Brooklyn College, berates his brethren, citing the six-figure salaries and cadillac benefits of most of the faculty in the CUNY system, and the fact that they teach only two days a week. This surprises no one. They also are thieves.



When the Steelers released James Harrison, one of their all-time great linebackers, I immediately had an idea what his next destination would be. The Patriots have signed him. Even if he might not be able to help them on the field, he might provide information about Pittsburgh's defense that will will come in handy should the teams meet in the playoffs.

My "Check Engine" light has been on for the past 150 miles. I took it to the shop late this morning. The manager said he probably wouldn't get to it until tomorrow morning. As I was walking home I wondered if I'd let the weatherman scare me out of running the book shop. Sure it was cold, but the sun was out and the wind wasn't strong. I probably could have squeezed a couple of hours out. At least I made good use of time. I finished reading the proof copy of Present and Past. I made 41 changes. About a quarter of them were an elimination of a hyphenated word at the end of a sentence, actually the joining of the parts on the next line. The formatting problem remained. I googled hoping to find a better template than Create Space's, which in many instances did not extend sentences to the margin. I tried DiggyPOD. It is not perfect, but I spotted only a few sentences that had the same problem. I was unable to fix them. I'll have to live with it. To show how much air was in the file, it shrank from 321 pages to 265. I just resubmitted it to CS, and the program found no issues with it. I will check the interior reviewer tomorrow with a fresh brain and eyes.
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