One for the ages.

And also the concept of attempting to cover one’s own homosexual desires by attacking a gay bar. Uh-oh.  Those Arizona Senate-race polls must be looking really bad for McCain. Seriously. ____ Okay, the article I link to, by the Washington Post’s Mike DeBonis, is titled “John McCain: Obama is ‘directly responsible’ for Orlando attack.”  And […]

The Democratic National Committee brought on a new chief of staff Thursday: Brandon Davis, the former national political director of the Service Employees International Union. The move is a sign Hillary Clinton is moving to consolidate control of the DNC now that she is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Davis was introduced as the […]

On January 6th, I made some predictions for 2016. (link to post). Let’s look at some of them. #1. I saw a higher probability than Tim Duy for a recession. He did not predict one. We do not have a recession yet.  I wrote, “It is possible that the economy could stabilize by the end […]

Looks like the Fed is finally understanding that they are behind the curve and not able to catch up to the curve without triggering an economic contraction. Now we will see how long the business cycle can hold on. I still see an economic contraction starting by 2nd quarter 2017.  Still a 70% chance by […]

The Fed did the right thing, and moved in the right direction, though in part for the wrong reason today. Go to Tim Duy for the rational approach. For me, I quote the Fed Inflation is expected to remain low in the near term, in part because of earlier declines in energy prices, but to […]

by Mike Kimel Male, Female, and Transgendered Athletes and the Future of Sports Men and women don’t compete directly against each other in sports ranging from basketball to golf to track and field. This seems intended to simultaneously acknowledge and paper over the performance difference between men and women in those activities. The process is […]

I’m not sure whether this is a serious post or not. — How likely is it that Donald Trump, if elected, would serve more than a few months of his term?  How likely is it that he will even continue as the nominee much beyond the convention?, Me, Angry Bear, Jun. 3 That sentence is […]

by Dale Coberly SOCIAL SECURITY, OBAMA, and the CRFB Obama once offered to cut Social Security as part of a Grand Bargain with the Republicans.  Now he says he thinks Social Security ought to be expanded. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) answers him with their usual list of reasons why Social Security […]