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Hugh de Payns
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August 5, 2013
The Fed's Money TrapThe Federal Reserve, and therefore the economy, is caught on the horns of a dilemma of our own making.
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July 25, 2013
Going the Full SharptonForced busing did not work so well, so now they are upping the ante and trying forced housing.
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June 6, 2013
Time for Investors to Duck and Cover?The canary in the financial coal mine is beginning to choke.
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October 26, 2012
Did Obama Stand Idly By as Our Citizens Were Murdered in Benghazi?At this point, the question should probably be not "did he," but "why did he."
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October 22, 2012
How to Abandon Our Bravest Citizens in a War ZoneWatching a video of a consulate being overrun while a credible defensive response is almost immediately available is criminally negligent.
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September 1, 2012
Who Built Barack Obama?To twist a line from William Hazlitt, Living the life of a Democrat is the art of being well deceived.
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March 18, 2012
Say good-bye to privacy thanks to Stellar WindThe viral machinery of totalitarianism is now slowly wresting control away from civilized men
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March 5, 2012
Bond yields say it's over for GreeceGreek one year bond yields have now gone above 1000%.
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February 1, 2012
Housing prices continue their long fallJust in case anyone had any illusions about a housing recovery or any improvement due to housing policies
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January 18, 2012
BLS changing basis for calculating inflationAccording to the BLS, prices are dropping, including such areas as food and fuel. Funny, I haven't noticed anything close to a price drop at the grocer or the pump.
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December 31, 2011
European Health Care: Economic MalpracticeSometimes, epic failure can constructively serve as an example of what not to do. See the European welfare state.
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December 8, 2011
DEA now laundering drug moneyA person could be excused for thinking that these recent revelations smell of a conspiracy to raise violence and trouble along the southern border for crass political purposes.
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November 28, 2011
Federal Reserve Shennanigans1.2 trillion taxpayer dollars spent in secret and with no accountability or oversight by elected representatives.
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September 27, 2011
Despotism Breeds Federal ParanoiaAny environment where secrecy and social and political control are the operating parameters can breed paranoia.
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September 10, 2011
Epic Fail Straight Ahead: SocialismIf there were ever an example of socialism write large, it is Greece. Now look where it has led the continent.
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September 2, 2011
Greece is insolvent! Who Knew?The Greeks have shown an unflagging ability to obscure and outright lie regarding their finances.
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July 26, 2011
Winds of ChangeIt's funny how the cold breath of the laws of mathematics changes everything.
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June 29, 2011
Going for really brokeWhat's the word missing in discussions of the Greece financial disaster?
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June 27, 2011
Down To The Wire?The Greek bailout is just one chapter in a larger social-economic unwinding that is taking place in Europe.
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June 24, 2011
Geithner: Taxes on 'Small Business' Must Rise So Government Doesn't 'Shrink'I struggle trying to figure out how ostensibly intelligent people can say and think such stupid things.
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June 23, 2011
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June 22, 2011
Obama's economy: three strikesWhen Mort Zuckerman of US News says things are bad... then we are beginning to see at least some of the legacy media wake up and shake off the mental stupor they have been in for the last three years.
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June 3, 2011
No RecoveryRecently, we have been hearing talk about the economy, how it is improving. I wish that were the case.
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May 16, 2011
Geithner to tap federal pensionsPerhaps SEIU or ACORN could start up a protest over this as well.
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April 27, 2011
Illinois: A Laboratory of InsolvencyStates have been referred to as a "laboratory in democracy", but Illinois must be seen as a laboratory in insolvency.