The imperfect science

One day Ronald Reagan, annoyed by the vague answers that gave him his economic advisers,  vented his anger by saying that he wanted to have economic advisers with only one hand.

In fact, in economics, as in drug therapy, there is no cure that does not have contraindications.

If you take a pill for the headaches, there is a serious risk to end up with an upset stomach, and perhaps with a good antibiotic, together with the viruses you might destroy your intestinal flora and your vitamin stores.

Even in economics, if you increase the amount of money in circulation, you'll give  impetus to inflation, and if increases in wages, prices will go up, and so on.

The reality is that we are in crisis because we have the illusion that our economic growth can go up indefinitely.

And we are not available to regress and to change our consumer habits.

Yet we must resign ourselves, sooner or later, to change our economic model of development (and senseless consums that are the corollary) if you do not want the planet earth sink under the weight of our abuse.

And maybe he's right the great philosopher Edgar Morin when he writes that our model of democratic representation needs to be changed, reviving it with a more direct involvement of local communities on the one hand, and globalization of a central government on the other hand.

10 Reasons Parents Don’t Believe Their Child Is Sick

It’s a never-ending battle and a narrow tightrope to walk, dealing with kids who tell you they’re sick. On the one hand, as a caring parent you always want to look out for the welfare of your children and to help them when they’re feeling less than 100%. On the other hand, however, you just don’t know when to believe them sometimes. They can be quite crafty at getting what they want. Take, for instance, these 10 reasons why parents don’t believe their child is sick:

1. The oral thermometer reads 114°. You go into the bathroom for 2 minutes while your son takes his temperature. For a mere 2 minutes he’s left alone with the thermometer. You come back and, what the … Say, what’s that smoke coming from the table lamp light bulb, Junior?
2. It’s Monday morning. What is it about 7 AM Monday mornings that make them so susceptible to all manner of germs and viruses anyway? The Monday morning blahs are not something that needs to be diagnosed by the family physician, in case you were wondering.
3. They’ve faked it umpteen times before, in which case you can hardly be faulted for your skepticism toward the situation. Tell your son the fable of the boy who cried wolf – while he’s dressing himself for school.
4. The sudden ailment coincides perfectly with final exams or an assignment that is due, which your child has failed to study for or complete on time. It’s amazing the things you can learn just by taking a child’s temperature.
5. They’ve got an appointment with the dentist scheduled for today. Another remarkable coincidence that your child could fall ill the same day she is due to have dental work done.
6. You’ve seen your son will his way through the bubonic plague all the way up to Prestige Mode, in Call of Duty. Surely a measly flu bug isn’t going to send our little Commander to sick bay. Perish the thought. Damn the torpedoes and all that.
7. It happens every spring. Those nice warm days filled with brisk air and sunshine just seems to make the kids so ill. At least on five out of seven days of the week, none of which start with the letter “S”. Oddly enough, they seem to build up an immunity right around Friday afternoon at 3.
8. They went nearly three full months (June, July, and August) germ-free and in tip-top shape as the immaculate picture of health. Now they seem to be sick every week. Something tells us it’s got nothing to do with allergies or their immune systems.
9. When we were kids, we never got sick. We walked 5 miles to school, uphill both ways, in our bare feet. And when we got home, we churned butter on our bicycles while painting the barn …
10. Your daughter swears she’s sick, pointing out her gaunt and pale appearance – which you could have sworn she just spent an hour and a half cultivating in the upstairs bathroom, while coordinating her Hot Topic emo ensemble.

P.S. This post was created and proposed to me by  Tinzley Margolin. I'm therefore publishing it by her invitation and under her permission. See also the link below fore more information:

http://www.nannyflower.com/blog/10-reasons-parents-dont-believe-their-child-is-sick/

Sapphic Stanzas

I call for Eraton’s and Polimnia’s help
To build some sapphic stanzas
 verse after verse
Similar at least in their external structure
To the great poems

Built up in Lesbo of Ancient Greece by Sappho
And by Alcaeos and everywhere in the world
Poets are so sensitive to hear for those
Above said Muses.

 Regarding the content I might be happy
To fill  my poem with love and peace for manhood
Gathered under a unique big family:
the poetry’s one!