Watching the Republican establishment running in circles over their worries about the spectacle that is Donald Trump has literally triggered...

When Russia under Gorbachev and then Yeltsin decided to "modernize" their economy, the guys who rushed in to "help" were...

During the past two weeks there have been a number of internet postings attempting to understand and explain the popularity of Donald Trump....

The first book I ever read that I deemed "serious" was Markings by Dag Hammarskjöld —the UN Secretary-General from 1953 until hi...

With all the attention being given The Donald, I think it is worth remembering that it doesn't really matter who it is, the plain fact i...

In her desperate attempt to escape the labels of "war criminal" and "Wall Street sellout," Hillary Clinton likes to tro...

In October 2015, I posted HAWB 1791 - Alexander Hamilton rejected Adam Smith . What I am posting today could be titled HAWB 1791 - Alexande...

Did some serious thinking on my long drive west.  I am very concerned that my big project is not progressing nearly as fast as it should be....

Last Saturday, Tony crafted a brilliant piece on why the collection of mediocrities who have lately so miserably mismanaged the USA (world?...

To read the western press, Vladimir Putin is pursuing policies that are so far off the charts, he might as well be considered a madman.  And...

We are not big fans of the HSBC bank (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) around here.  This is an institution that was born in the ...

The most lively pie fight on the political blogosphere the past two days is over the forecast of the effect of Bernie Sanders’ economic p...

Today's treat is Michael Hudson being interviewed by a Finnish journalist on that most important of subjects, the Federal Reserve.  The ...

Easily the worst effect of not prosecuting financial crime is that it sends the message that there are different rules for banksters than fo...

I made it home—something that is never guaranteed when taking road trips in winter.  They are usually doable but are often the sort of adven...

Hoping, among other things, to get some new perspectives.  Will still try to post this week but nothing is promised.

Morocco has just opened (probably) the last steam-powered solar energy electrical generating station.  There probably won't be more beca...

We have been following the Syngenta story around here since last summer.  It turns out that our "local" seed company (owned by a S...

To get my degree from the University of Minnesota, I was required to take four quarters of upper class and graduate-level statistics.  I was...

Is the political backlash of poor whites this election the outcome of the decades-long war on the USA Producer classes? Well, that's...

On Jan 28, we passed the 30th anniversary of the Shuttle Challenger exploding 73 seconds after liftoff.  There was an orgy of remembrance...