Yearly Archive: 2018
US Economy Showing Signs Of Stress
The economic recovery will be 10 years old next month, making it the longest economic expansion in US history. Of course,...
Another Step Back To The Gilded Age
While we are all consumed by the daily revelations that the Trump presidency is just one massive racketeering enterprise, the Federalist...
Donald Trump – The Art Of The Racketeer
Donald Trump is basically a racketeer, specializing in the crimes of extortion, bribery, money laundering, and now obstruction of justice. The...
Wells Fargo Just Can't Stop Improperly Adjusting Customer Accounts
Wells Fargo has always been my favorite recidivist corporate criminal, sometimes challenged by Uber, and now overshadowed by ICE and the...
Preakness Preview
It will probably be another muddy track down at Pimlico today for the running of the Preakness stakes. The field for...
Trump Prepares For The End Game And Killing The Mueller Investigation
Investigations seem to be closing in on Trump from all sides these days. As more evidence that millions of dollars, much...
Collusion, Qatar, And Rosneft
The big news yesterday was the Senate Judiciary Committee’s release of around 2,500 pages of documents and transcripts of testimony collected...
Corruption, Not Impeachment
Republicans are itching for Democrats to start talking about impeachment so that they can motivate their base to come out and...
Trump, GOP Actually Give Room For Democrats To Move Left
Like so many other of his economic proposals, Trump’s latest plan to reduce prescription drug prices landed with a thud. Unsurprisingly,...