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Apple, the FBI and Civil Liberties
It is a scary day for freedom when the government can compel you to create something.The back-and-forth between the FBI and Apple has been pretty amazing in its intensity, but also in what is being...
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God Save the Bureaucrats?
As an American, I have always been an ardent fan and student of our Founding Fathers. Between us and Great Britain has evolved a fascinating relationship over the years. One of the most interesting...
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It's Time to Rise Up Against the Ignorant Masses!
And so it’s on…James Traub, at Foreign Policy.com, has called for the “elites to rise up against the ignorant masses.” In a spectacular display of the very ignorance against which he issues his call...
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Where the Government Fears the People...
It was John Basil Barnhill, in a debate about socialism in 1914 in St. Louis, who said something which has come to be ascribed to a number of our Founding Fathers.Where the people fear the government...
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Can Russia and America Both Be Great Again?
In his observations of Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville was prescient in a way few writers have been throughout history. Of Russia and America, back in 1835, he said this:There are now two...
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Just When You Thought You'd Seen It All, Central Banks Begin 'Kiting' their...
It's a term from when credit cards were a rarity and 'Web Bill Pay' hadn't even been imagined.Someone would open a checking account at two or more banks. They would write a check from their account...
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A Tour de Force of Sophistry: Janet Yellen Needs to Resign
The statement from the Federal Reserve released this afternoon is a tour de force of sophistry, trying to explain exactly how doing the same thing over and over again is not insane. Here is a blow by...
View ArticleTo Big to Fail, v2.0 - Deutsche Bank
Yup, here we go again...Recently the Department of Justice levied a $14B fine against Germany's Deutsche Bank (DB) for its role in the last financial crisis - which was mainly a matter of selling...
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Memo to the Fed: "Not Spending" and "Saving" are not the same!
Janet Yellen today:We need to know more about the manner in which inflation expectations are formed and how monetary policy influences them.OK, good start because it suggests they might be aware that...
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Democracy at Risk?
If our democracy is at risk, it is because drivel which would never be permitted by a professor teaching first year critical thinking now passes for competent commentary from the Washington Post.Our...
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Michael Gerson's Final Appeal: More Beltway Blather
I don't know Michael Gerson. But I do know that he and I share a common educational path. Gerson has a Master of Divnity (M.Div.) from Wheaton College. I have the same degree from Bethel University,...
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'Disgusting': A Workplace Conversation
Like most, I usually avoid religion and politics at work. But today a co-worker and I were waiting for a computer system to be scanned for cyber-security risks and got to talking about the economy....
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The Politics of Human Dignity
As much as I have been dismayed by his take on the current political scene, Michael Gerson's latest column in the Washington Post - which my local daily, the San Diego Union Tribune, headlined with "A...
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Weekend at the Movies: Silence
With most movies there are points at which you are supposed to laugh, or maybe even cheer. Martin Scorsese's new movie Silence is not lacking for a few of those, even while being a very deep,...
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Elmo Just Got Laid Off!!! Oh the Humanity! What About the Kids?
Well.... Word on the street is Elmo just got laid off due to Donald Trump's cuts in funding for public broadcasting. Our furry little friend - my kids used to dance to his song about the number five -...
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