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Between Hope and Illusion
One day everything will be well, that is our hope; Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion. – Voltaire, “Poem on the Lisbon Disaster” (1756) That’s one explosive rally on Wall Street today. Read More
First Gifts of the Holiday Season
I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. Read More
Much Ado About… Empire
But it is necessary to know well how to disguise this characteristic, and to be a great pretender and dissembler; and men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks Read More
Who’s Playing Whom?
Lord, what fools these mortals be! – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) Well, you can’t have a “Trade War Rally” without a “Trade War Selloff,” so there’s that. Read More
Social Media’s President
I’ll press your flesh, you dimwitted sumbitch! You don’t tell your pappy how to court the electorate. We ain’t one-at-a-timin’ here. Read More
The Buyback Debate
For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America… He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and Read More
Happy Thanksgiving
But prosperity is not an end in itself. Read More
Gobble, Gobble: MAGA is Trouble
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations. Read More
Fight the Fed
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion. Read More
