As America goes down the drain economically, and the buck loses ever more value and purchasing power, there are many reasons for it. We have discussed the huge problem of overseas jobs, and how some of it comes about by tinkering with tariffs. But there are other serious things, which debilitate the dollar, causing it […]

First of all, it’s none of our business.  Neutrality is what we should adopt.  Sound familiar?  Those were the first two sentences of Monday’s column.  Now, the US says it might barricade all North Korean ports, and stop and inspect all ships going in and out of north Korea!  The UN might come up with […]

First of all, it’s none of our business.  Neutrality is what we should adopt.  Since North Korea has exploded a nuclear device, it places China on the spot.  For decades, China has supported and fed North Korea, while Kim Il Jong and his father built the world’s largest army of over one million, with more […]

Paul Volker, who used to be the Fed chairman, and who blew the whistle on the UN “oil for food” corruption, last week made an interesting statement.  “There are disturbing trends:  Huge imbalances, disequilibria, risks…call them what you will.  Altogether the circumstances seem to me as dangerous and intractable as any I can remember, and […]

The free traders can think of only one thing it seems, and that is cheap consumer prices. While I love cheap prices, I abhor “free Trade” as I wrote in my book, which is now five years old. Speaking of my five year old book, which is out of print, I still can send it […]

Are the three school shootings a reminder of something?  To me they are.  Think about the Muslim killings, wherever they may be.  First of all, the always kill themselves along with others, so no punishment is available.  Is there a worse punishment that death?  The creeps who killed the girls,  also killed themselves, so no […]

Is George Bush under the impression that the electorate is nuts?  The NIS (National Intelligence Estimate) has said that the Iraq war is fomenting Muslim anger, outrage, and jihadism around the world.  Bush and the republicans don’t want to run on Iraq, which is a disaster, and which I predicted three years ago would be […]