America seems always destined to underestimate Russia. It was 65 years ago when Russia first surprised the US. We had just emerged from World War 2 a dozen years before. Here in this country, it was a time of unrivaled prosperity. A time with mom and pop and all the…

After a cold, long winter, it’s at last beginning to feel like spring around here. Time to get out, maybe take a little drive, see the country. At least that’s how I felt before I took the family car to the gas station. At $4.25 …

We hear it all the time: “sorry that item is currently out of stock.” We see that everywhere we go. More and more, as I shop I see that this or that item is not currently available. And many times, the store doesn’t know just when it will come back. …

The Gentleman’s Dual was popular around the time this nation was founded. Like the one with Aaron Burr, that took Alexander Hamilton’s life. The opponents were given a single-shot pistol. “March ten paces,” went the instructions, turn and fire. It must have been a wild event. The contestants had to…

American Presidential Politics, is the most stylized and arcane process in all of the world. Anyone seeking to become President must begin their campaign at least 2 and more likely 4 or 5 years, before the election. Traveling up and down this country. Speaking endlessly to often small crowds in…

At 8:30 yesterday morning the latest report on inflation at the consumer level was flashed across every terminal n Wall Street. This morning, again at 8:30 we’ll get the report on inflation at the Producer or Wholesale Level. …

It’s been just 1 year, 3 months, and 21 days since Joseph Robinette Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. And yet it is almost a certainty that he will go down as one of the most consequential Presidents in our history. Consequential, not just…

From President George HW Bush, 30 years ago. To Klaus Schwab today, the mantra of western national leaders has been a march toward a New World Order. Where, to quote HW: “the rule of law, not the rule of the jungle will prevail…” It was a vision that seamlessly slipped…

Mother’s Day is a traditional get-together for the family. As I’m not a good cook, it’s my responsibility to bring the wine for the festivities. Having grown up in California, it’s assumed that I know something about the fruit of the vine. An assumption that may not be fully justified! …