To ELECT JORDAN SPEAKER or NOT?

[ Analysis and Opinion.]   Should Jim Jordan be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives?   The U.S. Congress is currently in gridlock.  The Democrats by a slim majority control the Senate.  And, the Republicans, again by a slim majority, control the House of Representatives.  If one examines history there’s nothing particularly disturbing about Read More …

AMERICA WILL BE SEVERELY TESTED: Budgetary Constraints

[ANALYSIS and OPINION] Does the American public truly believe in democracy?  What price is it willing to pay?  What is the average American willing to sacrifice to preserve our Constitutional principles of three co-equal branches of representative government and the fundamental Freedoms found in the Bill of Rights? Due Process, Equal Protection, Free Speech, and Read More …

SHOULD STUDENT LOANS BE FORGIVEN ?

[ANALYSIS and OPINION.]   Student debt, particularly federally guaranteed student debt, is a big problem.  According to studentloanhero.com there is $1.75 trillion in federally guaranteed student debt out there.  And, over 11 percent of those loans are more than 90 days in arrears.  That amount of student debt, if it were all forgiven, would amount, 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 …