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

Repeat home sales as measured by Case Shiller and the FHFA confirm price deflation

– by New Deal democrat Last month the indexes of repeat home sales from the FHFA and S&P Case Shiller were the final confirmation that the housing market was in deflation. That continued in this morning’s reports for July. On a seasonally adjusted basis, in the three month average through June, both the Case-Shiller national index […]

Biden Left a Bad Economy for Tr_mp?

Not, likely although there were still recovery issues. This article is ~4 months old. It does not claim the problem of a bad economy when Tr_mp left office in 2020. It also does not state Biden left a bad economy for Tr_mp either. People seem to forget what took place 4 years ago. Donald Trump […]

“freedom of expression” is becoming the issue

Different legal opinion by a renowned legal expert. It answers the question of whether ABC infringed on Kimmel’s 1st Amendment rights. However, it should not have caved to the FCC when it threatened to pressure from the FCC. The FCC did violate 1st Amendment Rights of ABC by threatening them. “FCC overstepped in push to […]

All your tax money belongs to Trump now

Trump is unhappy with the mayor’s race in New York City. His designated candidate may not win. “Trump then claimed that Mamdani “needs the money” from him. “Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises,” he continued. “Trump added: “He won’t be getting any […]

Why are Your Grocery Bills so High?

Some History: Angry Bear was well ahead of the issues with groceries and pricing. We did post several articles discussing the issues. One in particular article did discuss the Kroger-Albertsons partnership. The merger of Kroger and Albertsons announced a planned merger that would create a single entity controlling ~22 percent of the US grocery market. This […]

Medicaid Cuts to Hospitals

With the passage of The One Big Beautiful Bill by Republicans comes a series of problems for hospitals in the United States. Included in the hospital having issues are rural and inner-city hospitals. Many of these hospitals are caring for people with no or insufficient healthcare insurance. While Medicaid does assist many people, it does […]

The never-ending allure of ecotopianism.  What role for universities?

The philosopher Joseph Heath has a critical but thought-provoking review of Kōhei Saitō’s ecotopian book Slow Down.  My takeaway is less pessimistic than Heath’s, but there are important lessons here for all of us: It’s discouraging to go into a classroom and find it full of students who believe, almost verbatim, every bad idea that […]

Freeze peach

As a lifelong supporter of the ACLU, I take a back seat to nobody in my support for the 1st Amendment. But the 1st Amendment only enjoins the government from interfering with freedom of expression. Private entities are not covered. “YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned […]