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- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
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- Thank You for Your Service – A Veteran’s Day MemoryRead Article
- Orwellian ‘Inflation Reduction Act’Read Article
- Corporate Social Responsibility and It’s Newest Version – ESGRead Article
- Congress is Going After the Alleged Price Gougers – AgainRead Article
- Inflation: Who or What is the Culprit?Read Article
- 2021
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- Biden Administration’s Ongoing, Ill-Timed Fight Against Fossil FuelsRead Article
- Critiquing Current Tax ProposalsRead Article
- Biden Resumes Obama’s Efforts Against Domestic Oil ProductionRead Article
- Biden Team Predicts Long Term Slow Economic GrowthRead Article
- Worst Kept Economic Secret: Inflation in BackRead Article
- Raise the Tax Rate? Economic Obtuseness in High PlacesRead Article
- Washington’s Bi-Partisan Fiscal FollyRead Article
- The Problematical COVID-19 Relief LegislationRead Article
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
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- Spending More on Debt than DefenseRead Article
- One Judge’s Role in Sabotaging the Keystone KL Pipeline ProjectRead Article
- The Politics of EthanolRead Article
- World More Prosperous, Peaceful Than EverRead Article
- 1968: A Year of Lost InnocenceRead Article
- Budget Caps Bite the DustRead Article
- President Trump’s First Year Economic RecordRead Article
- 2017
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- Thanksgiving Day ThoughtsRead Article
- Records Levels of Debt: Who Cares?Read Article
- The Summer of Love 50 Years LaterRead Article
- A Universal Basic Income?Read Article
- Medicine That HurtsRead Article
- Obama’s Historically Weak Economic PerformanceRead Article
- Obama’s Parting Economic ShotsRead Article
- 2016
- 2015
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- Good Grief Charlie Brown!Read Article
- Feeling Good About AmericaRead Article
- Remembering Yogi BerraRead Article
- The ‘Not Enough Jobs’ ScenarioRead Article
- Is Obama to Blame for Weak Economic Growth?Read Article
- Negative Interest Rates?Read Article
- Remembering M. Stanton EvansRead Article
- The FCC vs. Internet FreedomRead Article
- Remembering James B. EdwardsRead Article
- Assessing Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyRead Article
- 2014
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- Saudi Arabia Vs. Keystone PipelineRead Article
- A Free Market Economist’s Take on ‘The Roosevelts’Read Article
- NLRB’s Contribution to Obama’s Anti-Business CrusadeRead Article
- Hats off to Fathers Who Are MenRead Article
- The Ultimate SacraficeRead Article
- Teacher Appreciation WeekRead Article
- The Magesty of the Risen SaviorRead Article
- The Politics of St. PaulRead Article
- God & Jesus, Politics & GovernmentRead Article
- 100 Years of the Federal ReserveRead Article
- 2013
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- Powerful Christmas LessonRead Article
- A Miracle or Coincidence?Read Article
- Unseen ScarsRead Article
- Burglarizing JP Morgan Chase & Slapping Down PrudentialRead Article
- Average is OverratedRead Article
- Happy Birthday James MonroeRead Article
- Republicans Need to Grow Up on TaxesRead Article
- Medicare: Did You Really Pay for That?Read Article
- Pentagon Budget as Political FootballRead Article
- The Spendaholics’ OffensiveRead Article
- Erasing Reagan: The Illiberal War on TruthRead Article
- Economic Outlook for 2013Read Article
- A Nostaligic Look at New Year’s in the 1950sRead Article
- 2012
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- Christmas Thoughts 2012Read Article
- Compromise or Gridlock?Read Article
- Long Live the Twinkie !Read Article
- Blasted Twinkie KillersRead Article
- An Open Letter to Mitt RomneyRead Article
- Politically Incorrect BillionaireRead Article
- Obama’s Popularity with Younger VotersRead Article
- Euro is a Frankenstein CurrencyRead Article
- Me and Mitt: A Personal GlimpseRead Article
- Reflections on the French ElectionRead Article
- Yo Yo EconomicsRead Article
- Election Year Politics of EnergyRead Article
- People Say the Darndest ThingsRead Article
- A Whiff of PrivatizationRead Article
- The Tax Rate ScandalRead Article
- Sports, Concussions & Contemporary American CultureRead Article
- 2011
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- The Five Best Christmas MoviesRead Article
- Barry and the BabeRead Article
- When Clarence Thomas Came for a VisitRead Article
- Green BoondogglesRead Article
- Veterans: What Is Seen and Not SeenRead Article
- Looking Ahead to 2012, 2013, 2014Read Article
- We’ve Been ZIRPedRead Article
- The Boys of OctoberRead Article
- Greece on the BrinkRead Article
- Greece, Germany and the Fate of the EuroRead Article
- Gold’s Meteoric RiseRead Article
- Deal or No Big Deal?Read Article
- USA on the BrinkRead Article
- Solutions for the ‘Tax Gap’Read Article
- The Limits to Bernanke’s PowerRead Article
- Jefferson Vs. Hamilton: The Continuing ContestRead Article
- My Congressman’s Tough JobRead Article
- Thanks, Pop!Read Article
- Swindling America’s YouthRead Article
- High Stakes Showdown Over MedicareRead Article
- The Global Energy SuperpowerRead Article
- Inflation, Food, Fuel & the FedRead Article
- Millionaires in AmericaRead Article
- Christian Conservatives and RandiansRead Article
- How Radical is the Ryan Plan?Read Article
- Imperfect Justice in Snyder v. PhelpsRead Article
- Budget Tightening in PA and Across the NationRead Article
- Who Objects to Free Speech?Read Article
- Debt Ceiling DanceRead Article
- Wisconsin Unions vs. Governor WalkerRead Article
- Honoring Reagan’s Memory in the Most Honorable WayRead Article
- Economics of the State of the UnionRead Article
- The New-Old Barack ObamaRead Article
- Hu’s in Town: Time to Talk MoneyRead Article
- On Reading Aloud in CongressRead Article
- 2010
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- The Tea Party’s Uphill ChallengeRead Article
- Honroring Bill of Rights DayRead Article
- A Thanksgiving LessonRead Article
- Dead Man WalkingRead Article
- Thank You for Your ServiceRead Article
- Tough Times AheadRead Article
- Dangerous Election Year Demagoguery on TradeRead Article
- BreakdownRead Article
- Understanding AusterityRead Article
- Global Warming: The Big PictureRead Article
- Rethinking The Corporate Income TaxRead Article
- Geithner Vs. Bush Tax CutsRead Article
- Lessons from History: How Obamanomics May Play OutRead Article
- Three Neglected Ecoomic Lessons from American HistoryRead Article
- Libertarianism vs. American SovereigntyRead Article
- Economic Information Worth KnowingRead Article
- Exchange Rate MythologyRead Article
- Columbia Presidential Election: Not ‘Too Close to Call’Read Article
- Reservations About a Balanced Budget AmendmentRead Article
- America Needs Union CompetitionRead Article
- Reflections on the Deepwater Horizon DisasterRead Article
- Tragedy in Amish CountryRead Article
- The Great Greek Bail-OutRead Article
- Good Cop, Bad CopRead Article
- Financial Intrigue in Greece: Should We Care?Read Article
- Financial Reform: The Problem of LeverageRead Article
- The VAT-Man Cometh?Read Article
- The Social Justice FallacyRead Article
- The Governing Elite vs. The Rest of UsRead Article
- Econoclasts: A Book ReviewRead Article
- A Moment of IlluminationRead Article
- Obama’s Anti-Jobs PolicyRead Article
- 2009
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- Combating Recessions: The search for the right macroeconomic policyRead Article
- Jefferson’s Warnings About Money and BanksRead Article
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments: Adam Smith’s Timely and Timeless ClassicRead Article
- Government Intervention and High PricesRead Article
- The Coming of CaesarRead Article
- Psyching Out the Stock MarketRead Article
- Sex, Life and DeathRead Article
- Cap and Trade UpdateRead Article
- Gold, Geopolitics, and the Carry TradeRead Article
- Honduras and the United StatesRead Article
- The G-20 Meeting is Over (Thanks Goodness!)Read Article
- Truth and PoliticsRead Article
- Monetary MadnessRead Article
- A Trillion Here, A Trillion ThereRead Article
- The Next Great Depression, UpdatedRead Article
- Remembering July 20, 1969Read Article
- The Nuts and Bolts of Cap and TradeRead Article
- Upheaval in Honduras: A Defining Moment for the Obama PresidencyRead Article
- No Laughing MatterRead Article
- Detroit: A Glimpse into America’s FutureRead Article
- Team Obama’s Auto CoupRead Article
- Opening Pandora’s Box: Classifying CO2 as a ‘Pollutant’Read Article
- The U.S. Constitution: Living, Breathing Document or Dead Letter?Read Article
- A Closer Look at the IPCCRead Article
- Economic StrangulationRead Article
- Obama’s Two Achilles’ HeelsRead Article
- Checkmate?Read Article
- FDR: Then and TodayRead Article
- Two Americas?Read Article
- In Praise of Capitalist ExploitationRead Article
- More Bailouts, More FedRead Article
- Anger at AIGRead Article
- The Ghost of John Maynard KeynesRead Article
- Into the Fiscal AbyssRead Article
- Three Books for the Current CrisisRead Article
- Tough Times for Wise VirginsRead Article
- Team Obama: Ready to Rock ‘n RollRead Article
- Love That Economic PainRead Article
- Assessing the Presidency of George W. BushRead Article
- ‘Only Government Can . . . . ?’: Parsing Obama’s speech on the economyRead Article
- 2008
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- Lessons from the Oil MarketRead Article
- The Problem with MonotheismRead Article
- Dancing with Fred or Frankenstein: Free Markets, Socialism, and the BailoutRead Article
- The Big Three: Assigning Blame & An Alternative to a Bail-outRead Article
- Thanksgiving Thoughts 2008: The challenge of affluenceRead Article
- The End GameRead Article
- The Threat WithinRead Article
- Obama, FDR, the Constitution, and RightsRead Article
- Hatred and PoliticsRead Article
- The Dominant Campaign QuestionRead Article
- Thoughts on the BailoutRead Article
- Blaming the Free MarketRead Article
- Economic NonsenseRead Article
- Another One Bites the DustRead Article
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