We want to return to the topic of the Afghan war because the end-game is becoming more apparent – and we want to present both the scenario and its consequences. To be clear, we were always skeptical of the military surge planned for Afghanistan. ...
Ideas do have consequences. You come to believe that you are invincible, you will take risks more readily. You believe government will bail you out, cover your debts up to a certain amount, you will borrow more (indeed, your financial advisor will ...
We've now explored the inflation versus price deflation argument in depth in two articles - and arrived at the conclusion that modern fiat-money economies are more likely to tip toward price inflation than price deflation, at least eventually. In f...
The Tulsa Beacon has joined the list of those supporting the Nathan Dahm campaign to replace John Sullivan in Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District. The article endorsing Nathan is as follows: It’s time for Rep. John Sullivan to find some other kin...
Beginning January 2011 when the Bush tax cuts expire; On or about Jan. 1, 2011, federal, state and local tax rates are scheduled to rise quite sharply. President George W. Bush’s tax cuts expire on that date, meaning that the highest federal personal income tax rate will go 39.6% from 35%, the highest federal dividend [...]
Most on the left seems to have no problem with this attitude. After all, they reason, doesn’t Israel bring this on themselves simply by their existence?
We wrote an article about inflation and price inflation recently and came down on the side of inflation (both price and monetary) - in the long term anyway. This article on Rick Ackerman's blog seems to be getting a lot of attention and com...
Sanctions alone will probably not restrain Iran's nuclear program nor its inevitable march toward a nuclear weapon. Iran's leaders have made a deal with Turkey and Brazil that will considerably vitiate any sanctions that are placed against that...
[1:11AM 06/09/10 Reposting with Editor's note: Congratulations just sent to John Dennis on his primary win - see his facebook page since the MSM is not giving timely results on this wonderful victory!]
John Dennis is ready to take on Nancy Pelosi. Vote in the primary June 8th in California. Visit his website http://johndennis2010.com for more information. John Dennis, an accomplished businessman and entrepreneur, has been a pro-liberty Republican for a quarter century. John, his wife Heather and daughter Devan, make their home in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.
We had to look at this article twice, because the first time we didn't quite believe it. From our perspective, the US economy is not in great shape. Also from our perspective (and we've been writing about this for nearly a decade now) g...