YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE – OR THEIRS

People pretend to do this. But this actually happened to dummy me. ​I came upon a Fortune Magazine investment guide for the upcoming year. It carried articles by and about various investment wizards. ​When it came to the stock market the, wizards said BEWARE. Stocks...

Place Your Bets, Place Your Bets

Both parties are gambling on this tax reform.  The term in poker is “all in”. They are all in. Republicans, of course, gamble that the lower rates will spur investment. And will fire up consumer spending. They bet the economy will experience a rising tide. And this...

May the tweets be with you

Hurrah for tweets! As you know, this president is the King of Twitterville. That is, he loves to send his thoughts to millions via his smartphone. If his breakfast is late this morning 45 million Americans hear about it over theirs. By way of his tweets. He tweets...

Armageddon Roasting on an Open Fire

Ahhh, the comforts of life:  President Trump is the worst president we have ever had. I like it, I do.  The tax-reform bill is the worst bill that has ever wormed its way through Congress. Nancy Pelosi calls it Armageddon. These laments are music to my ears. Trump...

Intersexers of the world unite!

Lord help us if universities like Harvard ever get interested in intersexers and their ilk. It turns out that Harvard has been creating perfect incoming classes. By turning down Asian-American students who apply. “Perfect” to Harvard is a class with fixed percentages...