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How to Kill a City Financially

Posted on November 14, 2014 by MN Gordon

There are pleasant hamlets where the radiant warmth of sunshine smiles down and sprinkles daily blessings and abundance.  There are other places where the sun no longer shines.  Remnants of past jollies cast shadows of decay.  Sources of prosperity have … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t Believe the IRS Anyway

Posted on September 5, 2014 by MN Gordon

I Didn’t Believe the IRS Anyway By Dennis Miller, Miller’s Money Forever Lois Lerner’s emails are back from the dead—sort of.  The former IRS official’s BlackBerry, however, is still long gone.  The IRS intentionally destroyed it in June 2012 (after … Continue reading →

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Independence Day Hootenanny

Posted on July 4, 2014 by MN Gordon

Uncompromising independence, rugged individualism, and unbounded personal freedom were once essential to the American character.  According to popular American folklore, they still are.  We have some reservations. In the year 2014, the ideas that roused America’s War of Independence are, … Continue reading →

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Albert Einstein’s Eighth Wonder of the World

Posted on December 3, 2013 by MN Gordon

“It’s a stupid way to run a country,” remarked Maya MacGuineas over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  MacGuineas, head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, was commenting on Congress’s failure to operate within a budget.  “Change comes from two possible … Continue reading →

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