Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

Listening to Our President’ Pontifications

I have listened (tolerantly) to our Pres, pontificating, taking up large sums of my time. It really is a waste of time. The truth of his accomplishments are in the numbers and not in what he claims. A couple of phrases which turn up most of the time when he is jabber-jawing to the nation […]

Think About What We Could Do with the Money!

“War Is Expensive for the Little People” – Paul Krugman March 3, 2026 On Sunday, according to the U.S. military, Kuwaiti forces shot down three U.S. F-15s in a “friendly fire” incident. Fortunately, the crews were able to safely eject and survived. The sad truth is that such incidents are common in modern war. One of the […]

DEATH OF TRUTH and SOCIAL SECURITY (3)

Part Three of a commentary (broken into parts) about Social Security. Dale Coberly discusses with AI (Artificial Intelligence) Social Security. The topic about Social Security? How it can be saved as it is today without major cuts to it. This is really hard to discuss with people. Many believe it would take a vast amount […]

Taking A Stand that Will Hurt

A problem of ethical values when a person of power threatens a person or company to get them to do something they want done. Typically, it is an action by the weakest of people who by themselves can not stand alone. One company Takes a Stand Against Pete Hegseth, The Atlantic Anthropic PBC is an […]

What Does One Do When Confronted by a Conundrum?

I do not know and you had better be damn sure you are right, Being a Senator or a Congressional Representative gives you an edge. Good chance the rest of us would lose. Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the U.S. Manual for Courts-Martial, “service members must obey lawful orders” and disobey […]

Promises Made and Not Kept to Secure Confirmation

Taking this piece from “MedPage Today,” a site that I follow from time to time when the articles are interesting. I had worked in various segments of the medical supply and pharmaceutical industry planning the needs of various product. It is interesting enough to keep one on their toes. Not much of a surprise in […]

AI data center and electricity supply production as drivers of industrial production and capital goods spending

– by New Deal democrat There is more and more accumulating evidence that manufacturing, at least in the aggregate, is something close to Booming. That message was apparent in yesterday’s durable goods orders report for December. While the headline number (blue in the graph below) declined -1.4%, the three month average for this very volatile […]