One Salient Oversight

Yes - I know I haven't been blogging. But family issues have been getting in the way. As many long term readers know, my Mother-in-law h...

Bloomberg : The Monetary Authority of Singapore may devalue the city’s currency and allow it to drop 4 percent against the U.S. dollar by Ju...

Of all countries in the world, none has the same knee jerk, reds-under-the-bed, the sky is falling attitude towards raising taxes as America...

Okay people, enough individuality and freedom of choice - It's time to conform to standards. This is a command from me, to you, on behal...

Think back to all the presidents since Jimmy Carter. Which of these presidents is considered an icon by political conservatives? There's...

Ben Bernanke is trying to wage war against the Great Depression . The problem is, as many prospectuses say, "past performance is not an...

Some more stats for you, courtesy of " Historical Tables of the FY 2009 Budget ": -------- 2001 Budget Outlay (M$): $1,863,190 (18...

Public Debt on 2009-03-26: $6.75 Trillion US GDP in 2008 Q4: $14.20 Trillion Debt/GDP Ratio: 47.56% ( [Debt ÷ GDP] x 100 ) Public Debt/Perso...

This picture is from the 19th century US periodical Puck . It is saying that the only group in society that will not assimilate are the drea...

One of my more guilty pleasures is reading Somethingawful.com. It's a mishmash of stupidity and offensiveness so it obviously appeals to...