"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Imagine Hillary Clinton here. The Oval Office during the administration of William Jefferson Clinton Wikimedia Commons/National Archives and Records Administration I hate to say it, but it sure looks like … Read More
The time-evolution of the GDPNow statistic from the Center for Quantitative Economic Research of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Image Credit: Federal Reserve District Bank of Atlanta/Center for Quantitative … Read More
Which is more immoral? Photo Credits: CNN.com and CNN.com You know the United States has fallen on very hard times when conversations about nominees … Read More
Russia and its western “Near Abroad” Map courtesy of Google Maps Russia is becoming a major danger to the rest of the world on a par with ISIS because of their “Russian … Read More
Hurricane Isabel, a category 5 hurricane, seen from the International Space Station in September 2003. This deadly storm had many of the same system characteristics in the planet’s weather that … Read More
The kind of jobs that are available? A railroad work crew in 1941 near Bellefont, Kansas. Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons/National Archives and Records Administration/Charles O’Rear, 1941, Photographer Many have been … Read More
Screen Shot of James Comey swearing-in at House Judiciary Committee meeting on why he did not recommend seeking an indictment for Hillary Clinton on July 7, 2016. James Comey has sullied … Read More
The Thinker in The Gates of Hell at the Musée Rodin Wikimedia Commons/Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Paris, France The most sacred words any human being can utter are “I believe …”, The more … Read More
Our sad choices: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Photo Credits Left to Right: WikiMedia Commons/Voice of America, Wikimedia Commons/Michael Vadon On the day when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are … Read More
The headquarters for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) at Lubyanka Square in Moscow in the same building that used to be the HQ of the KGB. Wikimedia Commons/NVO There … Read More
A symbol of hope or a symbol of ignorance and prejudice? FreeImages.com/abcdz2000 Christians have a great deal to fear in this world. In the Middle East, they have been marked … Read More
The Wall Street Journal considers these three declining indicators as indicative of continuing economic stagnation. Wall Street Journal/Federal Reserve District Bank of St. Louis The Wall Street Journal has just … Read More
Which to Choose? Photo Credits: CNN.com and CNN.com The choices we have for president, while … Read More
On top, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on January 23, 2016. On bottom, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meeting with Russian President Vladimir … Read More
The North Face of Two World Trade Center (south tower) immediately after being struck by United Airlines Flight 175. Wikimedia Commons/Robert on Flickr It has been fifteen years to the … Read More
Particularly notable dirigistes from the past. From top-left clockwise: King Louis XIV of France, Karl Marx, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini Image Credits from top-left clockwise: Wikimedia Commons/Louvre Museum, Wikimedia Commons/John Jabez … Read More
Moscow Victory Day Parade, 2015 Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru Russia is having increasingly difficult economic problems, as was discussed in my last post. A large part of the reason for that can … Read More
Constant Russian per capita GDP in 2010 US dollars (Blue curve) and its percent change from a year earlier (red curve). Image Credit: St. Louis Federal Reserve District Bank/FRED Data … Read More
Der Russische Führer, Vladimir Putin Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru ANDERS ÅSLUND has become an indispensable analyst of that “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, as Sir Winston Churchill … Read More
Average cloud cover is the most important factor in global warming While global warming alarmists are trying to create a hysteria about Man causing the heat death of the planet, … Read More
The Moscow Kremlin, the working residence of the President of Russia. Wikimedia Commons/Минеева Ю. (Julmin) (retouched by Surendil) Will Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini have the last laugh on history? There seems … Read More
People’s Liberation Army Navy sailors at the Qingdao, North Sea Fleet headquarters parading in 2000 for a visiting U.S. Navy delegation. Wikimedia Commons/Jiang The probability of war with the People’s … Read More
Dow Transportation Average Index on top, S&P 500 index on the bottom Image courtesy of StockCharts.com In my last post I gave several reasons why you should be economically pessimistic … Read More
The Bulls Are Charging! Photo Credit: Charging Bull — NYC via photopin (license)/ Sam Valadi Every now and then, I experience a modicum of doubt about my pessimistic picture of the economy. … Read More
U.S. Drowning in debt? (c) Can Stock Photo/Sangoiri [N.B. This essay was changed on 8/25/2016 to correct an error on the composition of the net federal debt.] Just when you … Read More
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan Wikimedia Commons/US Embassy, Tokyo From the Wall Street Journal we learn that Japanese economic growth nearly sputtered out in the second quarter of 2016. … Read More
Real quarterly, annualized GDP growth rate in percent from Q1 of 2009 to Q2 of 2016 Image Credit: St. Louis Federal Reserve District Bank/FRED It is time for me to … Read More
An Icon of Human Freedom with its Author, Thomas Jefferson Flickr.com/Drew Myers It is no secret that American progressives are at the very best terribly ambivalent about democracy, and about … Read More
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. The three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act 4, scene 1 Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Johann Heinrich Füssli 1783 The Western World’s political … Read More
