Ignorance, Stupidity or Connivance?
President Barack Obama has called for a luxury tax on corporate jets as a means to generate revenue to fight federal deficits. The...
Opinion
Why Don’t BDO’s Stop Screeners from Robbing Us?
On a single day last month, a screener at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport helped herself to $100 in cash from...
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Stock Market Decline Just the Beginning
The stock market is in freefall once again, evoking specters of 2008. As one fund manager told the Wall Street Journal on Monday,...
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The EPA and the Common Defense
Of all of the myriad agencies created and maintained by the Executive Branch, few have proven to be as detrimental to the United...
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Debt Deal: Not Even a Pyrrhic Victory for Republicans
In Don Marquis' classic satirical book, "Archy and Mehitabel," Mehitabel the alley cat asks plaintively, "What have I done to deserve all these...
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Why Are We in Afghanistan?
The recent horrendous casualties suffered by our military forces in Afghanistan must lead the average American to ask the simple question: Why are...
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Why Is Gold Over $1700 an Ounce?
With gold bouncing up from $1,668 an ounce on Friday, August 5 to $1,778 on Tuesday, August 9, it was the biggest three-day...
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The Demonization of the Tea Party
Now that the Tea Party has not only demonstrated its power to force the Republican Party to begin acting like a true party...
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Geithner Won’t Resign After S&P Downgrade of U.S. Securities
On Friday, Standard & Poor's kept its word and downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time in history — from AAA...
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Killing Jobs via ObamaCare
Now that the politicians have delivered an anti-debt deal that adds an estimated $8 trillion to the current $14.5 trillion federal debt over...
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“Capitalism” and Christianity
“Capitalism” is a word for which I don’t much care. There are a couple of problems with it. ...
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Best of the Franchise
Rise of the Planet of the Apes backtracks a bit, telling the origin story of how a planet that is ruled by apes...
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S&P Downgrade: Does It Portend a Death Spiral?
Standard and Poor’s was blunt in its assessment of America’s deteriorating financial condition when it announced Friday night that it was cutting its...
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Debt Limit Raise: a Victory for Obama
The highly publicized debt ceiling debate has drawn to a close. Politicians and commentators from both political parties are hailing this as a...
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Failing the Debt Quiz: “I Vote for the Lollipops Guy!”
A friend of mine was trying to explain to his children the significance of the debate going on over what to do about...
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