Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog---Just a Retired Social Studies Teacher. That's all...

Economics, civics, constitutional law, Supreme Court cases, AP Economics teaching resources, and classroom lessons by a retired social studies teacher.

So which is it America? In the Budget Deficit debate this is not Burger King---You can't have it your way.

Are you getting mostly "A's" in college? You should be according to this graph...

Budget Solution: "Cut Spending AND Cut Tax Expenditures!" I understand the first one, but what does the second one mean? You are going to hear it a lot. I try to explain it here for you...

The nation's trade deficit increased in May. The "why" is shown in two easy line graphs...

How Hot is it?? Surface heat map of the US...CODE RED, CODE RED! No, I cannot handle the truth.

The "Carry-Trade" explained---Short lesson on how to make money in the Foreign Exchange Market. Don't try this at home!

A Man gets disability payments from the Swedish Govt for listening to Heavy Metal music...As Chris Rock says "I don't agree, but I understand"...

3D Printing---Am I the last to know about this? This is going to change the way we make stuff dramatically...Two short videos here to give you the what-for's and how-to's. AMAZING!

"I am going to a meeting on Capitol Hill to discuss a terrorist plot. Oh, reallly? Where are you going to park? I can't tell you that---it is a secret!"...

Volkswagon making cars in the US to sell in South Korea...Think about that for a moment...

A penny for your thoughts...A private market invention is saving the Taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars, or I should say cents...

Short video explaining the link between Economic Freedom and Standard of Living. So simple, yet difficult to achieve...

What are the most popular colors for new cars? You might be surprised...or not...

Steve Jobs and jobs---See how he creates jobs around the world to produce the i-Pad. How would YOU do it differently?

Where's Waldo? Likely calling a moving company to book a move to China...Need more evidence that it is in your interest to know more about China? See this graphic, graphic...