Category Archives: MN Gordon

Economic Dependency and Looming Disaster

By the end of the day we should all know the winner of the 2012 Presidential Election.  Of course, there’s always the possibility that it’s too close to call.  Perhaps a recount of dangling, hanging, dimpled, and pregnant chads will … Continue reading

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How to Fix America’s Debt

Third quarter Gross Domestic Product increased at a 2 percent annual rate, reported the Commerce Department last Friday.  That’s up from the second quarter’s 1.3 percent growth rate.  But don’t get too excited… According to Lucia Mutikani at Reuters, the … Continue reading

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Deceptive Schemes to Bailout Unfunded Public Pensions

To sharpen the mind and invigorate the spirit we begin with the following riddle… What does man love more than life; Fear more than death or mortal strife; What the poor have, the rich require; And what contented men desire, … Continue reading

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In Mob We Trust

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance,” – H.L. Mencken Democratic Collectivism With the possible exceptions of love and war – or a residential real estate bubble – there’s nothing like the promise of election … Continue reading

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