For those of you who say that there’s no way Donald Trump could be a worse president than Hillary Clinton, I put before you this story: Asked whether the United States needed to pay its debts in full, or whether … Continue reading →
Millenials aren’t keen on capitalism: The Harvard University survey, which polled young adults between ages 18 and 29, found that 51 percent of respondents do not support capitalism. Just 42 percent said they support it. …Just 33 percent said they … Continue reading →
I was raised by parents who were Democrats who venerated FDR, but the more I learn about FDR the more I don’t like many things he did. For years I’ve been reading the conservative point of view on the Great … Continue reading →
Donald Trump made a big announcement today about his plan to force Mexico to pay for the wall. You can see several articles about it, plus links to all sorts of commentary on it, here. It’s a mouthful. But the … Continue reading →
Yesterday Mitt Romney said some interesting things about Donald Trump and his tax returns, and they got picked up by a lot of news outlets and pundits. This is the way his remarks were generally reported: There might be a … Continue reading →
It’s not just Germany, of course. This is the sort of thing that made Europe salivate at the prospect of the Iran deal: According to the head of Iran’s state-run oil company NPC, two leading German companies are set to … Continue reading →
The nuclear deal wasn’t the only deal, of course. It was a prelude to this sort of thing: France and Iran are trying to make a financial deal, now that sanctions are no more. Will it work?: Exactly what stage … Continue reading →
The stock market was down over 500 points earlier today, but as I type this it’s “only” down 286. Don’t know how it will end up for the day, but it’s been very jittery: The sell-off that has engulfed global … Continue reading →
For years I’ve wondered about the Republican leadership in Congress. Not just the obvious—what they’re doing and what their motivations might be for doing it—but also about why we generally have heard so little from them about it. Generally, when … Continue reading →
The Fed has announced a raise in the interest rate for the first time since 2006. The new target will go from 0 percent to 0.25 percent to 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. Most members expect the new rate to … Continue reading →
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan have announced a decision they’ve made on the birth of the daughter: Zuckerberg announced that his family will be giving away 99 percent of their shares in Facebook, which currently totals … Continue reading →
The subject of H-1B visas* came up during last Wednesday’s Republican debate, most particularly regarding Rubio, who advocates an expansion of the program with some restrictions. So I decided to try to find out the truth about what’s involved and … Continue reading →