Hypocrisy
“If hypocrisy were a crime, there’d be no one left to run Washington.” An unusual second Saturday post....
Category: Politics
Industrial Policy 101
"On balance, the record of government trying to improve the functioning of the private sector is poor." New...
Reconstruction
There is a feeling, often expressed, that we live in particularly tumultuous times. I often politely ask when we...
Socialist Economics Illustrated
"First Save, Then Buy!" This illustration on this postcard is a reproduction of a matchbook cover distributed...
Election Day Should be a Day
There are a couple of reasons I think that early voting is a bad idea. If during the Civil War when Lincoln was...
Russia/Ukraine
I belong to Postcrossing and many of the active members are from Russia and Ukraine. It has been an interesting year...
Words Seldom Seen: Hegemon
Hegemon Noun: a leader or country that has a dominant influence over others. Example: "The United States is the...
Politics
"Politics rots your brain and corrodes your soul." Jim Geraghty The wine collection for our wine trip to...
