Detroit and Obamanomics

Steven Rattner, who administered the bailout of part of the Detroit-based portion of America’s automobile industry, says, “Apart from voting in elections, the 700,000 remaining residents of the Motor City are no more responsible for Detroit’s problems than were the

An Upside-Down World

“President Obama: Republicans Opposing Debt Limit Increase Are Deadbeat” http://feedly.com/k/1aM0wGg Obama’s approach to what’s right is setting our country back a hundred years…

The Professor and the Final Exam

At Penn State University, there were four sophomores taking chemistry and all of them had an ‘A’ so far. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a big

Trivia about Las Vegas

A few interesting insights from StrangeCosmos: Las Vegas means “the meadows” in Spanish. The average annual temperature in Las Vegas is 66 degrees. It would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every hotel room in

A Clever Prognosticator

H .L. Mencken (b.1880 – d.1956) was a journalist, satirist, critic, and Democrat. He wrote this editorial while working for the Baltimore Evening Sun, which appeared in the July 26, 1920 edition: “As democracy is perfected, the office of the

Learning About OPM…

“OPM Is the real problem, not the IRS”…  Famous phrase that explains much about macroeconomics. (Note: OPM – Other People’s Money) http://feedly.com/k/18g5xsU