Well, the Democratic District Attorney of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, has convinced a majority of the grand jury pool he convened to bring an indictment of Donald Trump. Tomorrow Mr. Trump will be arraigned, with a spectacle that will take us to a new low in politics. You don’t need BATG to do analysis on this; […]

Last night the Russians bombed a dormitory, killing seven people in Ukraine. The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Mr. Putin as a war criminal; thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded, Ukrainian children have been abducted into Russia, hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides, and there are over eight […]

As we learn more and more about Silicon Valley Bank, the basic problems are not really in doubt, but political posturing makes understanding really difficult. Henry Hazlitt has a nice quote in the 1st paragraph of his Economics in One Lesson that is apropos. Obviously the interest group of the affected bankers and depositors quickly […]

F.A. Hayek’s famous quote is: The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. While Hayek’s quote is most appropriately placed against government central economic planning of socialism, it applies against any government action that tries to manage the economy by going […]

One of my constant refrains in the Trump era was to point to the mixed bag of his policies; much to like, much to dislike. I was most hostile to his cronyist trade policy of favoring one industry against another (e.g., favoring the steel industry at the expense of other US manufacturers that use steel*). […]

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 […]