Category Archives: Politics

False Booms

Posted on February 14, 2012 by MN Gordon

Consumers are borrowing money again…and they’re borrowing a lot of it.  Last week the Federal Reserve reported that consumer credit increased $19.3 billion in December.  This increase dwarfed the $7 billion median forecast of a Bloomberg News survey of economists. … Continue reading →

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Davos Hootenanny and Salvation Call

Posted on January 31, 2012 by MN Gordon

Despite the reformers endless efforts to encircle mankind, some persist beyond the broad extent of their casted net.  In the backwaters of the Republic, for instance, the distant rumble and flicker of Saturday night hootenannies still befall yonder the mighty … Continue reading →

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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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