A month or so back I read Thomas McCraw's very informative work, The Founders and Finance. The book essentially paints a picture of the early developments in American finance, particularly as directed by three immigrants (Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, and Albert Gallatin). Because...
This piece does a great basic run-down of how things really work for the wealthy, and how Mickelson essentially keeps 26 cents of every dollar he earns going forward (if he is lucky). Ultimately, many don't care what guys like Phil experience from a...
My tax rates are going up in 2013 no matter what. They always were going to. Investment rates are going up to some degree; that also was never in doubt (though the extent of the increase remains unknown). Any substantive addressing of...
The awful 1%. Those richy-rich millionaires and billionaires who do not pay their fair share of taxes. The top 1% of people in our society earn 18% of all national earnings. But they pay 37% of all national taxes. Let's move...
What mystifies me about Obama's claim that "our economy is faltering merely because of these unexpected hiccups in Europe" is that those "hiccups" are exactly what he wants to create here in the states. Can you imagine saying that your prescriptions are not working because...
Father Robert Sirico does not count as any ordinary Priest ...
I will have the audio available via a YouTube link in the next few days as well ...
I recently read the following from Jim Clifton in Forbes magazine, and it inspired me to actually blog it. I can not imagine any sentiment being less improvable than this one - it is sheer brilliance. Jim is offering his sentiments on what...
I would be very surprised if National Review had a bigger supporter than I, but that is not the subject of this piece. I confess to having been disappointed in a recent piece from their very capable and gifted writer, Kevin Williamson. Essentially,...
I saw this large poster at the entry of a retail bank on Park Avenue today as I was walking to a meeting. I can't think of a more ridiculous synopsis of what is wrong in the world that caused the financial crisis. ...
