Category Archives: Economics

On The Fence With Trump

If anything can be said about President Trump it’s he is a master of pushing peoples buttons.  He is so in their heads that there is little room for anything else as they continually prove.  Like a kid with a new toy, his use of twitter

Orlando

Once again America has been attacked by an unhinged Islamist who was American born to an unhinged Islamist transplant.  As usual the story or narrative has been hijacked to be turned into a anti gun push by the usual suspects.  Our esteemed President, who makes

I Am Tired

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  Romans 12:2     Vince Lombardi said  “Fatigue makes cowards of us all”. 

Passing Thoughts

  “A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man.”  Judge Scalia “Individuals who have been wronged by unlawful racial discrimination should be made whole; but under our Constitution there can be no such thing as either a creditor or

Goodbye 2015; Hello 2016 – What A Difference A Day Makes

 Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.    Winston Churchill We

Life Imitating Art?

As I have aged, an appreciation of the arts, particularly in the film industry and the science fiction genre specifically has developed.  It started while watching a few of the more recent sci-fi movies with my grandson who is attracted to the action (violence) and the thought of

American Shorts

  Washington and Hamilton “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and fearful master.  Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”  George Washington “I never expect to see a perfect work from

Preconceptions

Preconceptions or prejudging we have been told is wrong and we should endeavor to stop it.  But stopping it is completely counter to human nature and survival and as much as we decry it we use it daily.  Profiling is another term that is used

The Power of Words

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it” George Bernard Shaw. Maybe I am a cynic.  You be the judge.   A confessed  curmudgeon I am not considered to be very positive in my outlook but being a