I did not get a chance to post this commentary about the last day for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell who stepped down as the Chair. Just to be clear, he was succeeded by Kevin Warsh. Powell did break precedent by remaining on the Fed’s governing board as a governor. He will serve out the […]
Rather than saying no, SCOTUS allows Alabama to realign voting districts thereby disenfranchising minority Americans “Shame and the Supreme Court” Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Tuesday was primary day in Alabama. There were contested races in both parties. The marquee gubernatorial race drew significant interest, with more than five candidates competing on the Democratic side, […]
Rewrite . . . I am a veteran just like many others in the United States. I suspect there are many more like me who served their country by either enlisting or being drafted. I was a part of the former as there was no way I would avoid the draft in 68 other than […]
Letter to Congressional Representative Seth Moulton by Sanuel Walker . . . “Just as a turnpike provides time and place utility for product and people, a railpike would also. And, just as a turnpike does not provide pick up and delivery of product and people, likewise a railpike would serve to provide transport service from […]
– by New Deal democrat The economically weighted ISM manufacturing + services indexes have become one of my favorite datapoints. That’s in part because the former has a nearly 80 year history of being a solid leading indicator, although somewhat attenuated since the start of the Millennium. But the latter now also has a long […]
– by New Deal democrat The JOLTS report is low on my list of useful tools, but it does break down the labor market further than the jobs report, and it does have several slightly leading components, so let’s take a look at the latest report, which is for April. Below are job openings (blue), […]
“The Velvet Rope in the Cell Block, The Bare Minimum Is a Dangerous Place, & Back to Reset,” Kareem Takes on the News “‘Disgusting’ Details Leak from Ghislaine Maxwell Emails,” (Daily Beast) Summary: A former federal prison employee has publicly described what she calls “disgusting” preferential treatment given to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at […]
Letters from an American – Lake Conemaugh – by Heather Cox Richardson May 30, 2026 Life was good in 1889 for the more than fifty wealthy industrialists who belonged to Pennsylvania’s South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club. Most of the men had made their fortunes in nearby Pittsburgh in the heady years after the Civil […]
Rather than celebrate 250 years of the United States existence by itself, our leader once again makes it about himself and what he wants. People are abandoning the celebration as it has taken ona partisan look rather than a free nation of citizens. Daddy did not do Trump any favors, In a Birthday Fit for […]
The world is a much-changed place since I was born. While that hasn’t always been for the better, there are technologies that I have embraced enthusiastically and wouldn’t want to retreat from: Word processing on computer: I learned touch typing on a typewriter. My parents gave me a portable manual typewriter as a high school […]