Monday, December 23rd, 2013
Like many children, my parents told me that Santa Claus would bring me presents if I were a good little boy. According to the cartoons on TV, Santa Claus lived at the North Pole where he and a band of midgets made all the presents, which he then delivered in one night on a flying
Saturday, December 21st, 2013
In the past decade or so I’ve noticed more and more people referring to their discretionary consumer purchases as “investments.” “I decided to invest in a new couch.” “My newest investment is an xbox one.” “I thought...
Friday, December 20th, 2013
Up until a few days ago, I had no idea there was a Duck Dynasty on TV, or anywhere else. Then some guy with a scraggly beard started showing up in the news in the fiasco of...
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Huma Abedin has done nothing wrong. As far as I can tell, she hasn’t done anything at all. Who the heck is Huma Abedin? Well, a few people know her as one of Hilary Clinton’s staff, while...
Monday, December 2nd, 2013
It’s good to know that some American’s can still get quick medical treatment—even if they don’t want it. When David Eckert was pulled over by police for failing to come to a complete halt at a stop...
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
There were 1455 weather records set last week in the U.S.A. the vast majority of them on the cold side. They include: 205 record snowfalls 203 low temperatures 969 low maximum temperatures These includes snow in Dallas,...
Friday, November 29th, 2013
There was a bit of a hullabaloo over the deal made last week to lift sanctions on Iran, in exchange for reductions in their nuclear program. Many praise the diplomacy as progress towards a more peaceful and...
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Back in the early 90s, I felt a need to understand politics far better than I had, and I spent a lot of time and effort on it. Along the way – and partly by accident –...
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
It is almost six o’clock when the two Japanese girls come into the Phuket Yacht Club’s Quarterdeck Restaurant. Thamanoon is standing by a potted palm, his hands elegantly folded around a menu, staring out at the boats...
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013
Whenever a new and wonderful social program is enacted, its architects see themselves as do-good fairy godmothers, granting wishes to an adoring crowd. But it can take many months, years, or even decades before the actual results...
Friday, November 15th, 2013
All around the world, “smart” women are foregoing children in favor of career, ambition, or personal endeavors. That was the conclusion London School of Economics researcher Satoshi Kanazawa made in his book The Intelligence Paradox, Why the...
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
Dear Congress, it has come to our attention that the voters would like you to put a stop to inexpensive foreign competition from stealing their jobs. With this in mind, we have a wonderful opportunity for you....
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
I can only say: I’m sorry, America. As a former Federal Reserve official, I was responsible for the Fed’s first plunge into the bond-buying experiment known as quantitative easing. The central bank continues to spin QE as...
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Typhoon Yolanda, may very well have been the strongest typhoon to make landfall in the Philippines, at least measured in wind speed. The devastation, and cost to human life are truly tragic, and the people of the...
Friday, November 8th, 2013
We’ve lost track of all the nutty statements made by Paul Krugman. Besides being a columnist for the New York Times, and a Nobel Prize winner, Krugman is also a fantastic writer. This combination is quite dangerous,...