STOPPING PUBLICATION OF ALTERED PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS

As such, the question is: Should our leaders not seriously consider making it a crime to knowingly manipulate, alter or change photographs and videos in a materially misleadi, ng way?   First Amendment concerns obviously creep into this discussion, but the thinking here is that fraud is not protected by the First Amendment provided, of course, that the criminal statute in question is properly crafted. Read More …

SOCIALISM: SOCIETY’S BOGEYMAN OR SAVIOR?

Capitalism versus Socialism and/or Communism. We’ve tried to keep opinion to a minimum and present factual information.  It’s up to readers/viewers to draw their own conclusions. Read More …

World Trade Organization: Down the Toilet?

The World Trade Organization was established to promote international trade and crucially, to provide a forum where trade disputes between nations could be peacefully resolved. Its organization and the rules that it implements were painstakingly negotiated over many years by hundreds of countries. Read More …

FISCAL POLICY AND THE U.S. ECONOMY

( Editor’s note: This blog post and/or video, first appeared on one of the “pages” appearing in the menu bar at the top of this website many months ago.  We reprint/repost it here while we work on supplementing and updating our video on the Federal Reserve Bank, interest rates and monetary policy and because some Read More …

FREE TRADE v TARIFFS: Ricardo’s Comparative Advantage

Video about David Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage. Discussion lead by David Dixon Lentz Read More …

Reparations: Are Democrats Handing Victory to Trump in 2020?

Reparations: Are Democrats Handing Victory to Trump in 2020?   (OPINION)   Is it wise for a political candidate to support reparation payments to Black Americans to atone for the sins of slavery?   Currently there are a few candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination who support paying Black Americans reparations as compensation, presumably Read More …