Musings of a Fifty-Year Graduate

[ANALYSIS and OPINION.]   As I write this, it is the 50th Anniversary of my high school graduation.  I won’t get into how Watergate compares to January 6th and/or how the Vietnam War compares to Ukraine etc.  Suffice it to say these are extremely precarious, and even dangerous, times both in terms of international relations Read More …

INFLATION: WHO IS TO BLAME?

[ANALYSIS/OPINION]   Contrary to popular belief the President of the United States is not, under our Constitution, a dictator—or at least he is not supposed to be.  In fact, there two other branches of government, namely, Congress and the Supreme Court.  We’ll put aside the Supreme Court because they have no direct effect on inflation. Read More …