Trump – What Happened?
A lot of people are now asking “Trump – what happened?” President-elect Donald Trump’s victory certainly shattered the world for a lot of people, me included. It raised a lot of questions, and I pose some of them below with reflections. What happened to the vaunted Hillary Clinton ground game? All the way during this…
Read MoreThe Smearing of Amanda Knox Shows Reading News Critically is Critical
Amanda Knox is not really a political story, but I happened on a well-articulated article about the news reporting of Amanda Knox’s diary. This article by Amanda Knox biographer Candace Dempsey, gives a great example of why it is important to read the news critically. A Ms. Dempsey notes, newspapers have been fond of creating…
Read MoreOccupying Wall Street or Preoccupied with Anger?
I guess I ‘m not a big fan of protests in general. They seem to often be a lot of people complaining about problems without having viable solutions or expecting other people to solve the problems for them.
Read MoreThe Economy is like a Mexican Standoff
I was trying to find a way to describe the current U.S. economic situation simply, and what I came up with was a Mexican standoff. You could just call it a stalemate, except I when I think of a Mexican standoff I usually think of buffoonish characters, like those below. And that seems more accurate…
Read MorePie Chart of Who Holds US Debt — The Highest Isn’t China
Tonight’s inquiry: Who really holds the much discussed US debt? Well, I took a look first at what the total debt was right now. The total is $14.7 trillion and counting of course. But, what was a little shocking was that next to that number was a calculation divvying up the debt to $47K per…
Read MoreQuestioning Obama Birth Certificate is Wasting Valuable Time and Money
Its hard to believe that anyone spends any time, much less money, questioning President Obama’s birth certificate. Yet, there is a whole campaign to erect billboards to this effect. Now, on top of it, along comes Donald Trump, prospective Republican contender. (See this excellent article by Christopher Byron for background on that!) What’s instructional about…
Read MoreWhat Fiscal Restraint? Back to Republican Borrow and Spend
Examines the reality of whether Republicans or Democrats are more at fault for the US federal budget deficit.
Read MoreTARP Worked!
TARP worked. Taxpayers have gotten most of their money back.
Read MoreThe US Recession is Over–That’s a Fact, Not an Opinion
A week or so ago, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) put out announcement stating that the recession had ended in June 2009. Subsequently, numerous articles were written with titles like, “For Many of Us, the Recession Lives On” and “Recession Not over for Most People.” Although I get the point that a lot…
Read MoreGenocide in Darfur
The genocide in Darfur is staggering: Since February 2003, as many as 200,000—and possibly as many as 400,000 people—have been murdered in Sudan’s Darfur region. More than two million victims have been displaced and many of these victims are women and children. In addition, thousands of women have been raped, and it is reported that…
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