I came across these two headlines, one after the other, on my Google News aggregator. Somehow, steeled as I am…
Economic Inequality
Neil Irwin at the NYTimes Is Confused
He muses, “Workers have seized the upper hand in the labor market, attaining the largest raises in decades and quitting…
Panama Papers, Paradise Papers Pandora Papers and No Prosecutions
What is it with the magic letter ‘P?’ Perhaps it’s the fashionable letter these days for ‘collections of corruption,’…
Wells Fargo Bank Shits the Bed Once Too Often
Wells Fargo pays $72.6 million to resolve Justice Department claims it defrauded currency customers The Banksters are at it again…
An Interesting Take on American Health Care
An article in the Guardian by Jessa Crispin caught my eye recently, where she complains that she can never leave…
There Is No Monster Under the Bed in Critical Race Theory
There are no boogey-men, no reasons for the white citizens of America to run for cover or take on the…
Fixing the Tax Code Is a Piece of Cake
But a really fine cake that pleases a large dinner-party takes a while to bake and has a whole lot…
The Complicated Dynamics of American Unemployment
According to MarketWatch, Employers say they’re having difficulty filling jobs. Jobless Americans say they want to work. So what’s going…
Do We Have the ‘Right’ to a Future?
Individually, yes but collectively no. That’s a very quick answer, but it shadows a great many flaws in what we…
Tough Choices—Those Who Make Them and Those Who Receive
“Well folks, I guess we’re gonna have to make some tough choices.” You hear that a lot these days and…