TRUMP’S BIGGEST POWER GRAB? FED CHAIRMAN
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] Here’s the video we did on Trump’s latest move. This may be the biggest of all. Control over what is really the fourth branch of government. The Federal Reserve.
Category: Democracy
Can and/or Should Trump Be Impeached Again?
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] As Lord Acton once famously said: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” [Despite the fact that the following videos are very substantive and make very rational and valid points on extremely relevant subjects, again they got no views on Youtube. (The author is a lawyer, has taught international Read More …
Deporting Undocumented Immigrants: Good or Bad?
Deporting an estimated 12 to 14 million undocumented immigrants was a central pillar of Donald Trump’s campaign to be re-elected President in 2024. During the 2024 Presidential campaign we posted the following video on October 2024: Trump Deportation of Illegal Immigrants https://youtube.com/shorts/J0HEkAt9uD8 Our Nov 18, 2024, after Trump’s re-election victory we posted the Read More …
TN&T James Brown The Who: Thoughts Trump’s Re-Election
[Editor’s Note: This is the latest edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played. The transcript is in 3 parts. (1.)The first is the first half of a transcript of the radio broadcast with tune links; (2.) The Editorial: Read More …
Trump is Re-Elected: Oligopoly? Plutocracy?
There are 2 videos. This one is a little under 30 minutes: Trump Wins Re-Election Thoughts VIDEO This one is only 1 minute long: Trump Wins Re-Election Analysis in 1 Minute
Time to Rock and to Vote
[Editor’s Note: This is the latest edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played. The transcript is in 3 parts. (1.)The first is the first half of a transcript of the radio broadcast with tune links; (2.) The Editorial: Read More …
DEBATE: Harris v Trump
Here are our thoughts about tonight’s debate. We post this with a significant amount of regret simply because in setting up this site our intention was to stay as focused as possible on reason and logic and to maintain a balanced perspective when deciding policy questions–which in our view should be done on a case Read More …
OUR SHORT VIDEOS March to August 2024
This page contains links to all of our “short” videos (meaning videos of less than 1 minute) on a variety of topics, including politics, economics and music, over the period March 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024. Should any link not work please copy and past the URL into your browser and click enter Read More …
Tick’s Notes & Tunes July 4th Special
Editor’s Note: This is a special edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played. The transcript is in 3 parts. The purpose of this blog is to discuss, enlighten and educate the reader about relevant political, economic and business matters Read More …
MUSK $50 BILLION BONUS & PLUTOCRACY
[Analysis and Opinion.] Elon Musk has demanded that Tesla pay him a bonus of $50 billion. Here’s a link to a story about it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/06/05/tesla-shareholders-vote-on-elon-musks-50-billion-pay-package-next-week-heres-whats-at-stake/ We’ve previously expressed our view that one of the biggest dangers facing the United States is the risk of oligopoly. See https://reasonandbalance.com/worlds-biggest-problems-ai-and-more/. It would have been more correct to say Read More …