Republicans, would you please do me a favor and capitulate now? You’re trying to do the right thing, even though for some strange reason, responsible fiscal policy was not too high on the Republican priority list with Mr. Trump as President. Admittedly, the recent fiscal insanity has left us with close to $32T in debt, […]

So what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Or is it? That is one of today’s questions as Mr. Biden is now found to have multiple classified documents apparently stored for years after he was no longer Vice President in a private office. After belatedly revealing that they had found one […]

For several months, we’ve witnessed the Fed discuss the need to orchestrate a, “soft landing,” for the economy. Attempting to orchestrate an easy descent from this inflationary high; however, I believe the entire goal displays a flawed understanding of economics. Despite that, Mr. Powell still possesses a rational reason to attempt the impossible. To start […]

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns us against our hypocrisy, given the seemingly universal nature of our ability to point out the flaws/sins of others while studiously ignoring our own: 7 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will […]

We’ve had an election, with conservatives disappointed at the lack of a wave, and are now in the middle of recriminations. Did the establishment Republicans spend too much money in Alaska and fail to pick up winnable seats? Did Mr. Trump selfishly hold on to funds he raised rather than help the outside candidates he […]

It is a good thing to reflect on election, to try and understand what voters wanted, and what they did not want. This is a very difficult task, one I’m glad our own MCS focuses as that’s certainly not my wheel house. Most of us are just arm-chair political scientists when we try to think […]

November is now not just a comin, it’s here. Americans have the chance to reward the Democrats for their performance with continued power, or they have the chance to fire them. We haven’t blogged much this fall about the elections, so this morning I’ll hit a few observations lightly. We can go more in-depth in […]

It’s strange how the world no longer will use the category of sin. Even progressives, with a deeply puritan secular morality, don’t want to use that word. Rather their condemnation of actions is not to call out the truth, e.g., that a fallen person with common humanity to them has done something they feel is […]

We haven’t had an update on the economy in a bit, so this post will share some of the data I’m finding interesting, which I believe is telling us where the market is going. Last week the price of the ten year US Treasury Bond fell, leading to a yield of over 4%, a level […]

I’ve often made the comment that when you see Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders basically saying the same thing on a position, you have to question it. In my case, I’m usually talking about their positions on restricting free trade. You could say that even a stopped clock is right twice per day, so maybe […]