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.

Apologies to Ben Franklin---No, sir, we cannot keep our Republic but thanks for trying. See chart here of voters not likely to vote if the weather is bad...

The increase in usage of Smartphones by parents is causing more children to go to emergency rooms for injuries. This is not a good trend and a nice expample of an unintended consequence that has a real cost to society

THE source of Middle Class income stagnation in the US in one easy graphic...

The Opportunity Costs of Cell Phones---entertainment, movie, restaurant spending down. TANSTAAFL..Sigh...

Nice graphic showing US exports of grains compared to other geographic areas. Our "BreadBasket" produces, well, lots of bread...

Nice graphic showing the component costs of the new i-Phone 5. How cheap it is to make is a testament to the global supply chain...

Nice Cartoon and explanation using Solar Panels to illustrate a concept called "Conspicuous Conservation".

Should you be ashamed the workers who assembled your shiny new I-Phone 5 are only paid $2.00 per hour? Well, no, actually you should not be ashamed but encouraged. See here why...

Education is good during Good Times and even better during Bad Times....

Interesting short video---Social Change through Social Media

AP Macroeconomics for "Non-Traditional" High School students

One chart you need to see as to why Medicare is more of a problem than Social Security. This is a must see!

Here are links to the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms (Dems JUST released today)

Two worthy perspectives (Pro and Con) on Entitlement Spending in the US. Worth a read if you want to be informed. Otherwise, carry on as you have been...

Here is what the Pres ACTUALLY said in reference to the "You did not build that" quote. See how I re-phrase it and ask why ANOTHER sentence in what he said is not talked about at all..