Category Archives: The Mine or the Shaft

Ex-CIA Officer Found With Over $40M in Gold Bars Pleads Guilty to $194M Fraud A former high-ranking CIA official who embezzled nearly $200 million from the federal government lied about his military background and education to climb the ranks at … Continue reading →

Well now, let’s sit a spell and talk straight about this here American economy, the way a man might lean on a fence rail and tell it to his neighbor without any fancy talk or Washington double-speak. Right now, in … Continue reading →

3 Easy Ways to Reduce Pain at the Pump I’ve always argued that the easiest way for families to gauge the health of the economy is to check the daily gas price. Drivers see the 50-foot-high signs in every community … Continue reading →

Wars are raging and mountains are literally crumbling around us! While on the road and in the air, I’m going to share with you someone else’s deeper dive into our present state of affairs. I don’t know if the author, … Continue reading →

Small Mom & Pop stores and businesses and the average working man always suffer the most from these boom and bust cycles that have been continuously manufactured by the Federal Reserve Bank. But one day, they will have pushed one … Continue reading →

The food affordability histrionics surrounding hamburger prices are an interesting example of left-wing hyperbole directed at Donald Trump about a serious long-term problem that the Left has no plans to fix. Like egg and gasoline prices, the goal is to … Continue reading →

In August 2026, the U.S. debt reached a gravity-defying $40 trillion, with an estimated fiscal year 2026 deficit of $2.1 trillion. Interest on the debt hit a record $1.4 trillion over the last 12 months and now consumes more than … Continue reading →

We need taxes to pay for government services. We understand that. But let’s give our hard-working people and their families some breathing room; Americans persistently say that taxes are too high. In a 2024 Gallup poll, 59% of adults say … Continue reading →

Congress is running out of time to fix its Social Security problem. According to the 2026 Trustees Report, the Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to run out by 2032 when it becomes insolvent, impacting more than 60 million … Continue reading →

Health Insurance Costs Projected to Rise by Most in Over 20 Years A survey of employers projects the largest increase in healthcare costs in more than two decades, driven by factors including the growing use of expensive weight-loss drugs and … Continue reading →