Category Archives: Politics

War Imminent in Straits of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil?

Posted on January 6, 2012 by MN Gordon

War Imminent in Straits of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil? [Editor’s note: Today we bring you a guest essay by John Daly detailing the burgeoning potential for conflict in the Persian Gulf and how this could impact oil prices.  Reprinted … Continue reading →

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Set the Children Free

Posted on January 3, 2012 by MN Gordon

There are things that are so obvious they shouldn’t warrant discussion…but they do.  For there are blockheads out there whose brains are so soft they don’t know obvious from Adam’s off ox.  Experience tells us that common sense is remarkably … Continue reading →

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Requiem for a Dictator: Kim Jong-il

Posted on December 23, 2011 by MN Gordon

There are places on the face of the earth where, although the sun may occasionally shine, they’ve never seen a ray of light.  There’s a cold dry Siberian no man’s land that extends east from the Ural Mountains to the … Continue reading →

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How to Catch Fate’s Fortune

Posted on December 20, 2011 by MN Gordon

Believing In an Absurdity [Editor’s note: Today’s Economic Prism is an excerpt of remarks made by Direct Expressions’ President and Founder MN Gordon at the annual company holiday party held last Saturday at the 555 East Steakhouse.] “Fate throws fortune, but … Continue reading →

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