The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday, July 30, that it is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged, at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.The decision is extremely foolish.By keeping rates at a comparatively high level, relative to the average rate over the past two decades, the Fed is unnecessarily...
How many of you would have believed poison used on fruit and vegetables to keep them shiny and new would be the “in” thing for 2025?Or who would have guessed using your ID to sign into YouTube or one of the other social media platforms would be mandatory soon?It’s the tipping points folks, now or...
For too long, the bureaucrats at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been lining their pockets through clandestine agreements with big corporations, getting cozy with the very entities they’re tasked with overseeing.Trust in our public institutions is already low, but this arrangement is...
DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR“In just 107 days, I traveled the country, fought for our future, and made history with the shortest presidential campaign in modern times.” – Kamala Harris with a weird flexOH, REALLY?“I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” – Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-ILLINOIS)“Men are …...
When the ambulance arrived in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia two years ago, an angry EMT got out and barked at the crowd, “Who called this in?”Standing next to my cameraman and above the prone body of a shirtless soul bedecked in boils and not moving, I said, “I did.”He didn’t say a...
I’m going to start asking this question every time there’s a glitch in the way the US government seems to be running things.That question: “Remind me, what does the constitution say to do?”Of course, then you have those people who ask is the United States a republic or a corporation.They say, do we...
When Stephen Colbert became a financial disaster for CBS, its execs fired him.For good measure, they also killed the “The Late Show,” the network’s failing 33-year-old flag-ship late-night program.CBS could have axed Colbert now and replaced him with a cheaper host from Hollywood’s limitless stable...