PROSECUTING DONALD TRUMP AND HUNTER BIDEN In the last two weeks, Americans have seen prosecutorial abuse in the legal cases against former President Donald Trump and President Biden’s son Hunter. The state is given the power to protect both person and property, but...

MOST COUNTRIES WILL SUFFER MISERY FROM GOVERNMENT FISCAL MELTDOWN Elon Musk sees a future where no one works other than doing work as a hobby, and artificial intelligence and robots do all of the work, which would require universally high incomes. People could choose...

COVID-19 MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN Last week, a House committee revealed emails from David Morens, who worked under Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails further indicate a cover-up as to the origins...

LONDON — What happened? The British Conservative Party has been in power for the last 14 years but seems on the verge of losing in a big way. At one point, particularly after Margaret Thatcher won in 1979, the Conservatives seemed to have principles they believed in....

One hundred years ago, the Germans suffered horrible hyperinflation. From a value of 4.2 to the dollar in 1914, the German mark depreciated to 4.2 trillion to the dollar by November 1923. In essence, financial assets became worthless. That experience was so searing...

REPUBLICANS MUST BUILD OR BUY AN ADVANTAGE Do you just whine about problems, or do you try to solve them? For decades, many people complained and demanded that the government do something about automobile air pollution. Those in government had no clue on how to create...

WHAT WOULD EISENHOWER HAVE DONE ABOUT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY? They have learned nothing! As I write this, Columbia University and others continue in chaos, depriving serious students of what they have paid for. Many have forgotten, if they ever knew, that President...

PUBLIC RADIO GETS FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT, TAXPAYERS, FOUNDATIONS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS Money laundering most often refers to attempts to hide the criminal source of money. But it can also be used to describe making legal money transfers between parties...

Why do the smartest people in the world (at least in their own minds) keep getting surprised? This past week, the most common measure of inflation rose, even though official Washington (the Fed, Biden Treasury, White House) told us it would fall. Inflation is often...

Why is Honduras so much poorer than the U.S. and even most of its Latin American neighbors? I posed that question to a friend who is originally from Honduras and is now a U.S. citizen. She immediately replied, “The judiciary.” (Note: Honduras is a beautiful Central...

“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.” — H.L. Mencken What ever happened to fiscal discipline? It seems that each week, President Biden announces another group, such as government employees, will have their college debts forgiven — even...

U.S. INCREASINGLY RELIES ON POORER COUNTRIES TO FUND ITS WELFARE PROGRAMS The U.S. and other rich countries are increasingly funding their government debts by sucking savings from those in poorer countries. This is starving much of the world of needed investment...

NEW BOOK PROVIDES ROAD MAP FOR AMERICA TO AVOID ECONOMIC COLLAPSE Greece, Argentina, and the old Soviet Union had governments that were Ponzi schemes that eventually went bust. A Ponzi scheme, named after the swindler Charles Ponzi (1882-1949), is an investment fraud...

Mystery solved. What has President Biden been doing in the unusual amount of time he spends without anything on his schedule? By his own words, we know he is counting the number of potato chips and other snack foods in a bag — and by golly, he has promised to stop...

INCREASING GOVERNMENT SPENDING AT A RATE THAT ULTIMATELY DEBASES THE CURRENCY Inflation is a deadly problem, and unpredictable changes in the inflation rate (currency debasement) make it an even more deadly hazard to future economic well-being by increasing the risk...

NEW YORK ONCE HAD A REPUTATION FOR HAVING WORLD’S MOST HONEST FINANCIAL COURTS Perhaps the single largest wealth destruction in history took place last week, due to the actions of only two people: New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron. They...

TEHRAN MIGHT HAVE AS MANY AS A DOZEN OPERATIVE BOMBS BY MAY Iran may already have five nuclear bombs and may have as many as a dozen by May. Some intelligence estimates, as early as this past October, asserted that Iran could have enough enriched weapons-grade uranium...

SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL SYSTEM HAS A NUMBER OF ADVANTAGES The U.S. and the world are at great risk because the president has some cognitive impairment and the vice president is unqualified. The fundamental problem that is too many responsibilities and too much power are...