If you’re like me, you are probably counting down the days to when Barack Obama takes over.  It is a common myth that many trends start in California then spread across the country.  For example subprime lending was rampant in California first, and it fell apart there first.  Well while everyone was enjoying the holidays, [...]

The financial markets are suffering from what I would call a case of Baracktile Dysfunction.  The other morning on the Radio From Hell morning talk show, Kerry Jackson was ranting about how stupid people were for blaming the massive decline in the stock market on the election of Barack Obama for president.  He said Bush [...]

Come Tuesday, we will find if the American Constitution can withstand another wave of progressive liberal politics. The First Reich of progressive liberalism would have to be the administration of FDR and his New Deal. The Second Reich would be LBJ and his Great Society. The Third Reich is likely to be ushered in by [...]

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.                                          -Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence   I have to admit that the title of this post isn’t [...]