Mike Pompeo and John Bolton: Trump’s Tag Team of Death and Destruction!

Trump's Men! With the welcome departure of war mongering UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, the Trump Administration’s neocon tag team of death and destruction – Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor (NSA), John Bolton – have enthusiastically taken up where the repellent Haley has left off.  It is highly doubtful that the former … Continue reading Mike Pompeo and John Bolton: Trump’s Tag Team of Death and Destruction!

Savings – Not Tariffs Will Make America Great Again

While the farcical Kavanaugh confirmation hearings dominated the news cycle for the past couple of weeks, little mention was made of a disturbing economic headline – the August US trade deficit. Despite all the bluster from the Trump Administration about “winning trade wars” and “trade wars are easy,” America’s trade imbalances for August were the … Continue reading Savings – Not Tariffs Will Make America Great Again

The Gold Standard: Protector of Individual Liberty and Economic Prosperity

vs.        The idea of a constitution and/or written legislation to secure individual rights so beloved by conservatives and among many libertarians has proven to be a myth. The US Constitution and all those that have been written and ratified in its wake throughout the world have done little to protect individual liberties or … Continue reading The Gold Standard: Protector of Individual Liberty and Economic Prosperity

Pope Francis: A Clear and Present Danger!

                        Europe's Future if Pope Francis has his way! There is probably no greater threat to the long-term survival of the Occidental peoples of the world than the purported head of the Catholic Church, Jorge Bergoglio, a.k.a. Pope Francis.  In his latest plea for greater “acceptance” of refugees, Bergoglio held a “Mass” where several migrants … Continue reading Pope Francis: A Clear and Present Danger!

The United States of Terror!

Two recent articles* have again demonstrated that the greatest “terrorist” entity on earth is not the bogymen - Russia, China, Iran, North Korea – so often portrayed by Western presstitudes and the American government, but the United States itself!  Ever since World War II, the US has been the most militaristic, far surpassing all of … Continue reading The United States of Terror!

The Fed’s “Inflation Target” is Impoverishing American Workers

   Fed Chair Jerome Powell apparently doesn't see the pernicious effects of inflation At one time, the Federal Reserve’s sole mandate was to maintain stable prices and to “fight inflation.”  To the Fed, the financial press, and most everyone else “inflation” means rising prices instead of its original and true definition as an increase in … Continue reading The Fed’s “Inflation Target” is Impoverishing American Workers

Is Political Decentralization the Only Hope for Western Civilization?

A couple of recent articles have once more made the case, at least implicitly, for political decentralization as the only viable path which will begin to solve the seemingly insurmountable political, economic, and social crises which the Western world now faces. In the last few months, over 3,000 millionaires have fled the hopelessly corrupt and … Continue reading Is Political Decentralization the Only Hope for Western Civilization?