A Failed, “Lead From Behind” Foreign Policy (1)
Iranian and P5+1 Negotiators for Iran Nuclear Deal Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/US State Dept. At times it seems as if the Obama administration would just as soon wall the rest … Read More
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Iranian and P5+1 Negotiators for Iran Nuclear Deal Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/US State Dept. At times it seems as if the Obama administration would just as soon wall the rest … Read More
Wanted for Bank Robbery Photo Credit: Flickr.com/takomabibelot By now after roughly six and a half years of a … Read More
Russian T-90A Main Battle Tank Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Vitaly V. Kuzman Russian forces are arriving rapidly around the airport the Russians are building just south of the Syrian city of Latakia. Rapidly … Read More
Donald Trump: “You’re Fired!” Photo Credit: Flickr/WalkingGeek Democrats are having a field day, chortling at Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Republican nomination. The Huffington Post and Policy.Mic thought … Read More
Republicans in Maryland are excited! Ever since their candidate for Governor in the 2014 election, Larry Hogan, won with 51.6% of the popular vote, they see a very real chance … Read More
Federal Reserve Building, Washington DC Photo Credit: Flickr.com/wwarby Despite its impact on our economic well-being, few people seem to know much about Quantitative Easing (QE). QE was a … Read More
ISIS soldiers Photo Credit: shiitenews.org Just two days ago I published the post Russia Inside Syria, concerning how Russia appeared to be preparing for … Read More
Much of what ails this economy was caused by the Federal Reserve. Not all that damages the economy can be laid at the Federal Reserve’s door, but much can be. … Read More
Now we learn Russia is building an airbase in Latakia, Syria. Also see here. The United States may be attempting to withdraw from the world, but Russia is expanding to … Read More
With Russia, China, and Iran possibly forming an axis to oppose the United States, and with two of them possessing nuclear weapons and ICBMs, and the third seeking them, it … Read More
I believe it would be a good thing if I were to go through the major points of my Global Warming posts to show how it all fits together. Otherwise, it … Read More
In the last post on tax policy I suggested six attributes the ideal federal or state income tax regime should have. I reproduce them below. Taxes should not favor some … Read More
Grand Tetons at Jackson Hole, Wyoming Photo Credit: Freeimage.com/Jack Sanders A lot of vital news for the economy came out of two gatherings at Jackson Hole, Wyoming last weekend. … Read More
Is China a threat to the United States? In two recent posts, The Growing Threat of Russia and The Purposes of Iran, we have noted how China is in a … Read More
Al Qaeda and ISIS are not the only islamic jihadist organizations to worry about; there is Iran as well. The Washington Times has cited a release from the Iranian Fars … Read More
Taxes are nothing but destructive to all parts of society with the exception of government and its employees. Unless you are obscenely rich or abjectly poor, you probably have your … Read More
The most fundamental ideological division between progressives and conservatives concerns their beliefs on the proper functions of government. What roles do we think should be given to government and what … Read More
Budget Stops Growing! Image Credit: International Liberty A tip of the hat to Dan Mitchell, who blogs on the website International Liberty! The motto for … Read More
Vladimir Putin has an itch. An itch for empire. We know the President of Russia considers the breakup of the Soviet Union as the major geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. … Read More
Almost nothing divides the political Left from the Right more than their mutually exclusive views of wealth. Listen to President Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, or Senator Bernie Sanders … Read More
Left to their own devices, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee will more often than not adopt a policy of “easy money”. Rather than adopting a monetary policy that … Read More
Decade after decade, the Federal Reserve, under its dual statutory mandates to minimize both inflation and unemployment, has favored the attack on unemployment over that of inflation. Depending on the … Read More
Evidence of the division between those in the Fed who want tighter money and the Keynesians on the FOMC who want easy money to continue has just appeared. The vice … Read More
We may be approaching in economics what Thomas Kuhn in his seminal book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (reference [S2]), called a paradigm shift. Kuhn laid out scientific history in … Read More
Last week for two straight days, China reminded us of how much we have shrunk as an economic power when they devalued their currency. The U.S. stock market promptly tanked. … Read More
I was inspired to write this post by a person named Cai in a comment on Clouds and Global Warming. Not that the suggestive part of Cai’s comment had anything to … Read More
Without the Sun we die! Yet how many of us give frequent thought to whether we can can continue to absorb its gift of energy? Or whether that gift will … Read More
How do clouds affect global warming? This is an important, urgent and fascinating question! Clouds are involved in a number of physical and chemical processes and are surprisingly complex. Their … Read More
I have just found a wonderful place on the internet at Quora.com for carrying on dialogues on serious subjects. Readers of this website will recall that inspiring such conversations was … Read More
One of the biggest sources of problems government imposes on individuals, businesses and the economy is taxes. It has truly been said that “the power to tax is the power … Read More