The COVID-19 of Wuhan and Its Repercussions
Since the election of Donald John Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America on November 8, 2016, the political culture in the country has gone from…
Amidst Coronavirus Epidemic, Beware ‘Do Good’ Monopolies
The recent coronavirus pandemic has left Americans scrambling to adjust to the new reality of state-sanctioned isolation. As governments struggle to address the crisis, big conglomerates have been trying to leverage this…
Don’t Let The Big Banks Grab Power At The Expense Of The Middle Class
The Wuhan Flu’s impact on the U.S. economy is self-evident — and not just because we’ve seen three years’ worth of stock market gains wiped out in three weeks’ time.…
Will Pelosi Hijack the COVID-19 Relief Bill for Elon Musk and Other Cronies?
After returning to Washington from a week away in San Francisco, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought her caucus’ new demands for passing a coronavirus relief bill. While the focus of the bill…
Was shutting down the economy the right choice?
President Donald John Trump, 45th president of the United States of America, has just made the biggest gamble of his career. On the unanimous recommendation of the public health professionals, he…
Congress Must Work to Inoculate Critical Parts of Our Economy from the Coronavirus
The coronavirus was originally thought of as a health care issue. But then the stock market started to tank, and it became an economic issue. Now with the nation on…
The Drop In Oil Prices: Good Or Bad?
Crude oil prices fell dramatically over the weekend. Between March 4 and March 9, Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell from $51.13 to $34.36 per barrel, a drop of 32.8…
Sanders’ Remarks on Cuba Draw Sharp Contrast with Trump on Venezuela
Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently told “60 Minutes” it would be “unfair” to say “everything is bad” about Cuba’s Fidel Castro and the Communist revolution he staged during the 1950s. Even fellow…
Coronavirus Tests America’s Social Capacity
A few months after September 11, 2001, David Brooks went back and looked at coverage of Pearl Harbor for an article in the Weekly Standard (“After Pearl Harbor,” December 10, 2001). What…
BLAME TRUMP! PANIC! CORONAVIRUS IS A FEEDING GROUND FOR OPPORTUNISTS AND ALARMISTS | OPINION
As the nation edges toward full-blown panic over the spread of the coronavirus, there are people and institutions upon whom we depend for leadership and information who should be ashamed…
Sanders’ Socialism
Recent polls show that a large plurality of Americans prefer socialism over capitalism. On its surface, such a preference is shocking. Digging beneath the surface, however, we find a somewhat…
I Work From Home. Here Are Some Tips To Make It Easier
This week, owing to the coronavirus, many Americans are going to experience the highs and lows of working from home. While there are definite plusses to working from your own…
The Fight Against Socialism Isn’t Over
Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief. Joe Biden’s victories on “Mini Tuesday” make his delegate lead all but insurmountable. Bernie Sanders’s electoral weakness, compared with his performance four years…
Democratic Capitalism: The American way
Before Capitalism Through most of human history, there have been two ways by which humans have organized themselves: tribal and totalitarian. Tribes were based on families which came together to…
Not All Surprises Are Good, Especially in Health Care
For almost a year, politicians in Washington have talked about the need to fix the problem of surprise medical billing. But, per usual, they haven’t done anything about it. It…