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One of the more frustrating aspects to investing is that there are many counter-intuitive forces at work in the economic world. One of those developments that’s hard for people to…

By the officially accepted standard, the U.S. is now the number two economy in the world. To be sure there are people now arguing that the standard isn’t fair or…

For a long time many of us participating as fair dealers in the U.S. economy couldn’t shake the feeling that we were playing in a rigged game. Gasoline and oil…

It’s always a surprise when a brand we all grew up with goes out of business. Many outside the airline industry were surprised when Pan Am filed for bankruptcy; a…

FROM RAM TO COWBOY: Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL, last week received another shot to be a Macho Man. Sam will be…

THIRD TIME IS MITT’S CHARM?: There are rumblings that the GOP may once again cast its lonely eyes toward Mitt Romney as the 2016 Republican nominee for President. People are…

There’s good news today on the labor front. NBC News correspondent Chelsea Clinton, who was paid a reported $600,000 for a handful of stories filed since 2011, has left the…

The great writer Voltaire is often quoted as noting, “To determine the true rulers of any society, all you must do is ask yourself this question: Who is it that…

PERRY J’ACCUSE: Texas Governor and rumored 2016 Presidential candidate Rick Perry was indicted by an Austin grand jury for two felony counts of alleged abuse of power. Republican Perry is…

The U.S. economy once again crushed the naysayers in Q2 2014, soundly blowing away even my tepidly optimistic analysis. Earnings for the 490 companies comprising the S&P 500 that have…