Some More Sunspots
We’ve finally had a nice string of weather so I’ve been able to break the telescope out a bit. Here are...
Yearly Archive: 2016
Detroit Is Now Helping Predatory Speculators Depopulate The City
Detroit has sadly become a symbol of a city that has collapsed due to white flight and the loss of good...
Social Security Solvency And Deficit Hawks
The drumbeat about the supposed “insolvency” of Social Security (SS) has been going for decades and it has clearly fixated a whole bunch...
A Day Without Trump – Is It Possible
OK, I’m really going to try to spend at least one day here writing about something other than the disaster that is...
If Dems Don't Control Congress, Obstruction Will Just Continue
With the base of the party already furious at the GOP establishment, it’s hard to see how things will get any...
The GOP Civil War Is About To Get Very Messy
The internal war in the GOP between the Republican establishment, especially its Congressional leaders, and Donald Trump and his large swath...
New Polls Put House In Play For Democrats
Following up on my prior post about Hillary opening up a significant lead, internal Democratic campaign polls now show the party...
Hillary Consolidates A Substantial Lead
The latest poll averages show Hillary Clinton with nearly a 10-point lead nationally over Donald Trump: While Trump’s support has plummeted,...
Hard Brexit May Cut US Bank Employment In London By One Third
Theresa May is starting to see the true implications of a “hard” Brexit, especially the pain that will be felt in...
Italians Vow To Challenge German Austerity
In early August I wrote a post about the end of austerity, noting Hillary Clinton’s specifically ignoring any talk about the...