The Facebook Oligarchs’ Betrayal of America – Newt Gingrich

The Big Lie Of The Elites About The Causes Of The Massive Inequality In USA – Dean Baker

What about the big lie that the vast majority of intellectuals seem to accept? Regular readers know what I am talking about. The big lie is that the massive rise in inequality over the last four decades was somehow the result of the natural workings of the market. The standard position among policy types is […]

Braking, Breaking, Broken, Broke – Peter Tchir

I’m incredibly worried about the state of the economy, markets, and geopolitics (please see Putin’s Speech SITREP). With football season in full swing, maybe we will get a “bend but doesn’t break” type of market. Sentiment survey’s like AAII are sending some contrarian signals. That survey (which was published on Wednesday and presumably did not fully include the impact of […]

When And Why American Exceptionalism Died – Scott Lively

I have always been a truth-teller in defiance of approved but false narratives and paid a price for it. “There are six things that the Lord hates, Seven that are an abomination to Him: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly […]