DICHOTOMY OF OPINION
There appears to be a dichotomy of opinion about the current state of the US economy, and it seems to result from the word “economy” …
USING THE MEDIA
A report this week on the Chinese Ambassador to France’s comments on the sovereignty of former Soviet Union countries made me think about how the …
GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD
The Iowa Legislature wins the next Golden Fleece Award for passing a law that re-establishes child labor. Even that thought is abhorrent, let alone the …
Golden Fleece Award
The next Golden Fleece Award is given jointly to the Kentucky State Legislature and the Indiana State Legislature, both for arrant stupidity in light of …
ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is part of an old adage that maintains that “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. The adage was coined by …
MASSIVE HIDDEN ECONOMY
A massive hidden economy in the Caribbean and Latin America is growing. One is tempted to immediately think of drug trafficking when you hear such …
US ARMED FORCES
US Armed Forces and abortion would seem to be an unlikely pairing for a blog article but a recent news report raised an alarm on …
SMALL BANKS
The media frenzy this past couple of weeks over the collapse of two relatively small banks in the U.S. is typical of its unmitigated craving …
CIVILIZATIONS
Historically, as civilizations developed, they became more and more reliant on people from somewhere else to keep their economies and their lifestyles growing. The longer …
PERSON OF COLOR
A “Person of Color” has become a popular media term to cover all minorities, but that term is so general that it becomes somewhat meaningless. …