Macro for Dummies

 
Note:  I’m a big fan of The Daily Reckoning, and they have been kind enough to allow me to reprint some of their material here.  The following piece was written by Bill Bonner.  If you like this article, be sure to check out their site – there’s a lot more where this came from.
 
“He who [...]

The Public Option

My little girl started first grade last week at the public school here in our neighborhood. We sent her to a private pre-school for the two years prior to kindergarten in the hope that we would be able to keep her in private school for the duration of her academic career. As everyone knows, though, [...]

Independence Day

Another round of Tea Party rallies was held all across the country on Saturday. I haven’t seen so many angry conservatives gather in one place since the Dixie Chicks came to town. Then again, conservatives (and the rest of us, for that matter) have a lot to be angry about lately. So it’s probably fitting [...]

The Wit and Wisdom of Oliver Wendell Holmes

In announcing his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, President Obama made the following comment, “For as Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, the life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience; experience being tested by obstacles and barriers, by hardship and misfortune; experience insisting, persisting, and [...]

The Progressive Monster

Though it didn’t get much press at the time, the Obama administration suffered a setback in February when a federal appeals court ruled that top secret documents could be admitted into evidence in the Al-Haramain v. Bush case. The Obama team had sought to prevent the admission of the documents, arguing the Bush/Cheney position that [...]

Winging It

With the exception of the World Wars, the Great Depression provided the government the single greatest opportunity to expand its control over the lives of average Americans. FDR’s New Deal imposed a raft of policies intended to force the market into behaving according to the dictates of the political class, rather than according to the [...]

Ernesto “Che” Guevara, R.I.P. (Rebelde, Imbécil, Pendejo)

The Washington Times reports that actor Benicio del Toro left an interview abruptly when questioned about his role in the new Steven Soderbergh film, Che.  Pues, Benicio, conoces el dicho, ¿no?  If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the lead role in a disgusting hagiography of a scumbag mass murderer. 
 
I heard Benicio [...]

Recommended Reading

The Revolution: A Manifesto: If Ron Paul had been as eloquent on the campaign trail as he is in his writing, the GOP race might have turned out very differently. The Revolution illustrates the difference between Ron Paul and virtually [...]

War Powers Act – The Sequel

A “blue-ribbon panel” led by former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher has recommended that the War Powers Act be replaced by a more “effective” resolution. According to these Constitutional experts, the problem with the existing War Powers Act is that it has been largely ignored over the years. The way [...]

Don’t Cry For Me, Cry For Argentina

One of my favorite cities in the world is Buenos Aires. Or at least it was…the last time I was there was in the late nineties. Since then, Argentina has suffered a complete economic meltdown, followed by a mild recovery.
But why settle for a mild recovery when government can deliver a total catastrophe instead? That’s [...]