Category Archives: Focus
Value of Pundits
I have reprinted below a post from April 10, 2010. This was the day Larry Kudlow famed economist and CNBC host turned bullish. If you followed his advise you would be poorer today. So just because an expert on TV … Continue reading
Hyperinflation, deflation, neither, both?
There has been much in the media of late about deflation or inflation. Each side has their advocates and with broad economic health indicators weakening over the last several months working non economists may wonder who is right? The problem … Continue reading
Citizens versus the elites
The ruling yesterday regarding California’s Proposition 8 is profoundly disturbing for a variety of reasons legal and philosophical. First a brief recap. Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger et al, sought an injunction against implementation of Proposition 8 under federal law, … Continue reading
God Bless America
Three words said frequently. Sometimes by those who don’t really mean it. Those who don’t believe in God and those whose vision of America is far out of synch with the founders and our forefathers who steered this nation through … Continue reading
What is the stock market telling us?
It is a bit of market folklore that bull markets climb a wall of worry. Put another way, when everyone realizes the news is good and the economy is humming the chances are excellent it is late in the game … Continue reading
manners r not us
Several of the folks I follow on Twitter have commented recently about rude tweets and a general lack of manners on the web. I feel their anguish, would that something could be done about it. This is part of what … Continue reading
A few thoughts about guns!
I received an email recently with these and other images that cover many of the reasons one should consider being armed. The best reason is one taught by our founders. Armed citizens are the final guarantee of a free people. … Continue reading
Taliban justice for women
Here are women’s rights are under the Taliban and radical Islam. The womens’ movements in the west should be in the forefront of the struggle against this medieval barbarism, but they are silent. They are conspicuous in their absence. Which … Continue reading
The ‘right’ to healthcare?
Moralists will say healthcare is a human right, that it is the right thing to do. It is easy to let emotions take the place of rational thought. The right to healthcare implies it should be free. Let’s think about … Continue reading
Cancel Political Correctness
Political correctness used to be thought of as a bit of a joke back when it appeared in our national consciousness. It has now morphed into a willful blindness that is crushing freedom of speech and free thought. We are … Continue reading