Category Archives: Viewpoint

By majority decision, the Supreme Court has ruled the tariffs put in place by President Trump to be unlawful. Three so-called ‘conservatives’ on the court sided with the lefty judges. Chief Justice John Roberts along with Justices Amy Coney Barrett … Continue reading →

I am constantly amazed at how long America has simply plodded along accepting the manner in which the U.S. government constantly pushes for more GDP growth that never seems to quite ever benefit them nearly as much as it benefits … Continue reading →

This is an explanation of the difference between capitalism and collectivism that is honed more towards the average American who probably isn’t interested in specific case comparisons, charts and graphs and all the political minutiae and complexities that are so … Continue reading →

Torn between supporting cattle ranchers and bringing down prices, the president is trying to have it both ways on beef. Think of the cattle auctioneer’s chant as a prayer. To the untrained ear, it’s nonsense, a stream of words compressed … Continue reading →

The ancient people of Uruk – who lived in modern-day southern Iraq more than 5,000 years ago – didn’t seem terribly interested in bequeathing colorful stories of their civilization to history. Rather than memorialize abundant tales of their immense works, … Continue reading →

So, even if Congressional pay was stopped, they would just grin because the paychecks they really care about keep on coming. Since the beginning of the current partial government shutdown, citizens have been calling in to talk shows and suggesting … Continue reading →

In the year 1980, a young computer science grad student from the University of Washington named Burrell “Bud” Tribble accepted a job at a hot tech startup you might have heard of: it’s called Apple. Tribble went to work directly … Continue reading →

China is normally the largest export market for U.S. agricultural products. In a typical year, we sell tens of billions of dollars worth of agricultural products to the Chinese, but now that door has been slammed shut thanks to the … Continue reading →

February 9, 2019 ~ The economy has surpassed all normal ebbs and flows, corrections, by approximately five years, since on average in each past cycle it rose for 56 months before collapsing. We’re about four and a half years past … Continue reading →

In recent days, we have read numerous articles about a possible agreement between the US administration and its main trading partners to devalue the US dollar. It has been named “The Mar-A-Lago Accord”, a concept inspired by the Plaza Accord … Continue reading →