The Undead and Unborn Enjoy Unemployment Insurance Benefits, DOGE Discovers
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Well, I guess you don’t have to live in China to rip off the U.S. government. You don’t have to live anywhere, in fact, since you’re either dead or not…
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Working at Home Worked Fine for These Fannie Mae Employees — Except Home Was in China!
Bill Pulte, director of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, has announced the termination of 100 employees at Fannie Mae for “unethical conduct.” Fannie Mae is a government agency that…
The Pause That Refreshes Sees the Stock Market Hit the Reset Button
President Trump’s decision today to pause tariffs on non-competing countires for 90 days gave traders at the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ a sudden burst of investment energy, virtually…
Ross Perot Was Right! But Can Trump Reverse the ‘Giant Sucking Sound’?
I remember the presidential election of 1992 very clearly. I had a nighttime class in U.S. history as part of a master’s degree I was pursuing when the results came…
The Demofiends’ Favorite Nazi, Elon Musk, May Save America — and Your Life
Let’s see: Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is now a certified poliltical illness, nay, disability. It looks like Musk Derangement Syndrome (MDS) has now joined the clinical category. Thus far, no…
All the Davids of the World, Internal and External, Are Rushing to Topple Trump
In this headline analogy, Trump of course is a modern-day Goliath. Through his tariff plan and his efforts to bring peace to a troubled world (to say nothing of annexing…
Tariffs Scaring You Away from a Car Purchase? Good News: Vehicles Are Still Being Made Here
As the news of the week has made clear, for the foreseeable future there is going to be lots of uncertainty — and stock market jitters — as President Trump’s…
À La Recherche du Temps Perdue: Pat Boone Is Still Alive and Great
I was going to write about the much-maligned Elon Musk, the one true genius populating the planet in this disintegrating day and age of ours, but I stumbled upon a…
Does the Ghost of Hoover Stalk the White House? Only The Shadow Knows
Predictably, U.S. stock markets took to the news of Trumpian tariffs with a dive toward disaster. True, some companies will — at least in the beginning stages — suffer fairly…
Trump Celebrates Liberation Day as Markets Simultaneously Miserate
President Donald J. Trump made good on his pledge of reciprocal tariffs today in a Rose Garden ceremony billed as “Liberation Day.” He announced the imposition of a bottom-line tariff…