Washington DC
The Enemies of the Donald Are Not Your Friends
Washington DCThe object of power is power. – George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Russiagate is just a means to an end: Taking out the Great Disruptor is necessary to preserve the Duopoly. Read More
If You Thought Monetary Policy Was Crazy…
Washington DCThe principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. Read More
“Quagmire” Is a Funny Word
Washington DCNor did Madeleine Albright visit the absurdly misnamed ‘Demilitarized Zone,’ one of the most heavily militarized strips of land on earth. Read More
Notes on a Shutdown
Washington DCNow, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning… We mean to hold our own. Read More
The Fed: Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don’t… Damned Straight
Washington DCThus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created. Read More
They’re All Naked
Washington DCI am also concerned not to come off as shrill or preachy when what I really am is more like confused. Read More
Swans of All Colors (One in Particular, Though)
Washington DC…but also we distinguished the false from true, we had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. Read More
Empire Is Complicated
Washington DCGreat heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. – Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn (1968) It’s all quiet on the Wall Street front. Read More
It’s All About Interest
Washington DCSame as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Read More
