Who will win the trade war between the US and China. I explored data from the markets and it looks like Chinese markets are a lot more concerned than US markets. The orange line is the S&P 500 and...Read More
John Marshall by Richard Brookhiser John Marshall was an aide to George Washington during the revolution. He was not a signer of the Declaration of Independence and he was not a delegate to the Consti...Read More
De Gaulle by Julian Jackson Having read quite a few histories of the 20th Century including a run of Winston Churchill books in 2018 I was pleased to hear about Jackson’s De Gaulle biography. It...Read More
I wonder if there is the potential for a class action suit against Jussie Smollett? The class could be people who wear MAGA hats. Smollett clearly set out to harm the reputations of the class by claim...Read More
Smollett Noun: To be arrested, indicted by a Grand Jury and then have all charges dropped because of your connections and politics. Example: “Justice is blind unless someone has a smollett card ...Read More
Jussie Smollett is the Tonya Harding of this generation Her boyfriend hit her ice skating competitor in the knee with an iron pipe. She has been unpopular since. He faked a hate crime was indited by a...Read More
Those Angry Days by Lynne Olson I read Those Angry Days in my history book club and I enjoyed it and learned from it. It was an interesting perspective on the 1930’s and the strength of the isol...Read More
This is a repost of a story I wrote in 2010. It is taught to school children throughout Latin America. And might help explain why the Venezuelans are suspicious of our motives. This is a story that th...Read More
“I am, at the Fed level, libertarian; at the state level, Republican; at the local level, Democrat; and at the family and friends level, a socialist. Nassim Taleb from Skin in the Game To appl...Read More
A NIMBY is an acronym, we all know, for a person who while proclaiming to be in favor of progress and change says quite clearly but: Not In My Back Yard A BANANA is a bit more adamant he says: Build A...Read More