I registered for the draft as a high school senior during the Vietnam war. At the time, you registered at 18, your lottery number was assigned at 19, and you were drafted at 20 if your number was low enough. In the event (a) my number was high enough that I wouldn’t get drafted and […]
“Housing permits, starts, and construction: signs of both imminent recession and ‘green shoots’” – by New Deal democrat This morning’s important data on housing construction contained two apparently contradictory trends: on the one hand, it continues to be – even more intensely – consistent with an imminent or ongoing recesssion. On the other hand, it suggests […]
Summing it up as to what our current president is doing to make the United States and the rest of the world safer and economically better. Nothing, just worse, “Double Standard at the Top, When One Tremor Ripples Across the Globe, & The Quiet Crisis in America’s Living Rooms,” Kareem Takes on the News Summary: […]
The only solutions being offered up for healthcare in America are political, favoring industry and healthcare. The issue being this form of healthcare is too expensive. Time to take a step back. Merrill Goozner @ GoozNews, “A health care plan for the mid-terms” Americans say health care affordability is their number one pocketbook concern. In […]
Civil Discourse The Fate of the First Amendment – Joyce Vance The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran. Why? According to “two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation,” it’s because the press has published photos […]
Just waiting for the economy to worsen as oil prices go up. Trump is making stuff up to tell others and relieve his fears. This is not a good situation for us to be in now. As New Deal democrat reports, it does not appear the economy has grown much since Trump took office. We […]
This KFF commentary is from EOM September 2025. I have added more detail to it. The detail was there. It was on various pages. I added charts side by side so the reader can see in one picture the differences for each age group. This was meant to portray the information in an easier to […]
I subscribe to Robert’s site. Every once and a while, I see a commentary I like. In which case I post it. This commentary by Robert is about a week old. It still has impact and bearing to what is going on with the Trump presidency. It is amazing, he was ever elected considering his […]
At Angry Bear, Dale Coberly is the resident expert on Social Security. He is the go-to person for questions or discussions. Dale and Bruce Webb wrote on the topic and were known for their knowledge. The issue here being, we are running a shortage of funding. There is still time to correct SS with small […]
Charts below are taken from Gas Buddy and cover one month (left) and six months (right) of pricing trends. As you can see, fuel prices were on a downward trend having hit a low in and around January 2026. Pricing had dropped ~ 40 cents per gallon. I can tell you similar did not occur […]