TIME magazine has announced the magazine’s first-ever Kid of the Year recognition. The 2020 title goes to scientist and inventor 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao. This new…
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A couple of days ago, I criticized officials at the United Nations for advocating higher taxes and bigger government. Fortunately, that bureaucracy is so sclerotic and…
A year ago when Merriam-Webster announced the 2019 Word of the Year, the choice was “they”. That idiotic choice was a sop to the woke…
Being long in the energy sector for the past two years has been the house of pain for investors seeking “value” in the once-lucrative energy…
Next up on the holiday calendar is Christmas. In normal years, cities across the country hold Thanksgiving Day parades and the very last float is…
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving considering the circumstances. Living through this period will come to be seen as a blessing. It has renewed…
A 2019 World Cup final rematch is scheduled on Friday between the U.S. women’s soccer team and the Netherlands team. It is the first match…
“The difference between a rich investor and a poor investor is the quality — and timeliness — of his information.” — Bernard Baruch (“The Maxims of Wall…
What was she thinking? Hollywood actress/activist Alyssa Milano decided to extend an olive branch to Trump supporters with a call for unity. The responses to…
It was another great session, although percentage gains for major equity indices were not super impressive. It was the fact that the broad market indices…
There won’t be any news videos of overly aggressive eager bargain hunters storming the front doors of retail businesses on Black Friday this year. In…
The S&P Technology sector is having a pretty good week, but the index has been stuck in a narrow range since breaking out in late…
Joe Biden seems to have an anger management problem when it comes to answering questions asked by CBS News reporter Bo Erickson. Biden is not…
More than ten years ago, I narrated this video in hopes of convincing politicians and bureaucrats that anti-money laundering laws (and associated regulations) were a costly and intrusive…
If you walked into an ice cream shop and saw Kamala Pecan on the menu, would you order a scoop or two? A Lexington, Kentucky…
Can we all just take a moment and acknowledge what a terrific person Dolly Parton has turned out to be? She’s a legend with country…
2020 Sets New Records For Corrupt Bureacracy
The most-common complaint about bureaucrats is that they’re lazy. Though it’s probably more accurate to say that bureaucracies have very little incentive to care about citizens.…