Jihad or Crime Wave?

The recent and very disturbing attempt to destroy an American plane in flight by the Nigerian muslim raises again the issue of how we approach this war on terror or police action against felons.  The Detroit incident continues a very worrisome approach by the current guy in the White House of pretending that the Muslims [...]

2 Cents Worth for December ‘09

Still scattershooting with these ideas and opinions that are worth at least the advertised price.
With the price we just paid to Nebraska for Nelson’s vote on the Health Care bill we should own the State.  I mean it will add up to billions of dollars over time.   How much can all the assets in Nebraska [...]

Science, Sunshine and the Climate Debate

 
I was cleaning out and sorting some old files,  records and the accumulation of “stuff” that builds up during a lifetime the other day.  I came across a news clipping from the Washington Post in 1978.  At that time I was writing a couple of novels and my wife had cut it out for me [...]

Forget for the moment the merits economically or socially of the current proposals for the health care reform bill(s) wending its way through Congress, lets talk only about the administration of the new program and the agencies created by the proposed bill.  It is not for nothing that the Washington executive branch and administrative departments [...]

Supply Side Economics From Centuries Ago

With all the bailouts and Stimulus money floating around and the unimaginable amounts of money printed by the Fed being injected into our economy there is renewed debate about the best way to turn our economy around.  Many, especially those in the current administration, tout the idea that we need to keep pouring on the [...]

2 Cents Worth on Life Its Ownself

When Clinton pushed for and got Congressional approval for the repeal of Glass-Steagal it allowed the distinction between commercial banks and investment banks to disappear.  Many hailed that as a great achievement.  The White House then took the position that the distinction was old hat and a product of an earlier era that no longer applied [...]

Debt Debacle

Sometimes the current economic pundits talk about our current debt and indicate that it is not as severe a problem as others think.  This in spite of the fact that even those in the current administration do give lip service to the notion that the deficits and debt growth are “unsustainable”.    They just want to [...]

King Dollar and Diplomacy

This is not a polemic on politics but rather a discussion about economics, numbers and the international relations and effects of the US currency and its perceived worth around the world.    In the Wall Street Journal and other economic news outlets there has been substantial discussion of recent days about the decline of the dollar [...]

2 Cents Worth–Constitution, Dollar, Sports, Weather

It appears we will have some sort of health reform bill in the near future.  Forgetting all the political and indeological arguments I do wonder how much more it will cost each of us.  The free lunch analogy will apply here like it does to everything.  To pay for all those without coverage who say [...]

Global Warming Data

I watched another discussion last night about the alleged dangers of Global Warming.  I don’t know about you but what I find particularly disturbing and suspicious is the lack of hard data from those warning of this alleged danger.  The spokesman last night was with one of those envoirnmental groups who advocate everything and anything [...]