No Debate: America Loses

Tomorrow night, President Joe Biden will square off in a debate against former President Donald Trump . . . a very old man vs. a slightly older very old man. This will likely be the most-watched presidential debate in history . . . and at the same time the most “painful to watch” presidential debate…

Emerge, Make Noise, and Die

This year is witnessing the emergence of two massive broods of cicadas (pronounced sә-kādә): Brood XIX and Brood XIII. These cicada populations stay underground for 13 and 17 years, respectively, and live off the sap of tree roots. Then they come out for six weeks to make a lot of noise, mate, and die while…

I’ll Be Back

Forty years ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in “The Terminator,” a movie about a cybernetic assassin who travels back in time to kill a woman whose son (yet to be born) will save the world from extinction . . . extinction from an Artificial Intelligence in a “post-apocalyptic world.” What’s interesting (and a tad bit scary)…

Lost Decades and Late Payments

Happy Leap Day, everyone! Unfortunately, if you’re a salaried employee, you are working for free today. But we also have good news to deliver. This morning, it was announced that the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge continued its decline in January, clocking in at 2.8%. Woohoo!     The Japanese stock market (the Nikkei 225…

Election Anxiety? Over-Rated.

Ron DeSantis finally threw in the towel this week, leaving Nikki Haley as the lone Republican candidate who hasn’t yet figured out that she has no chance against Donald Trump.   Trump had a landslide victory in the Iowa caucus and he didn’t even campaign! He was busy defending himself in the New York courts…