Beware the Ides? Not this March

I’m a little late posting my Investment Commentary for March. I've been waiting for something to write about. I have become used to disaster and excitement. The world has become eerily quiet and uneventful. No dictatorships have been overthrown lately, Syria notwithstanding (they’re working on it). Occupy Wall Street has become “Go Back Home and Occupy Mom…

Class Warfare? The Speech Obama should have Delivered

When President Obama was running for election four years ago, part of his campaign theme had to do with the unification of America. You know, bring everyone together as patriotic Americans against common enemies and for common causes. Ironically, his attempts to increase taxes on “the wealthy” have not resembled anything remotely similar to unification…

A Lot of Noise for Nothing

You’re standing at the front of the line as the previous riders come gliding back into the boarding station. You saw them depart a few minutes earlier, a look of calm hiding their anxiety. And now you see them return, wild-eyed, frightened and relieved to have the ride behind them. Some of them vow to…

That was the DEAL!

You may have seen this commercial on television. It is sponsored and paid for by AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). I don’t remember all the details of the commercial... just that it featured a series of senior citizens each imploring the viewer to contact his/her congressional representative for the purpose of making NO changes…

¡TOMA LA CALLE!

I was driving in downtown Topeka a couple of weeks ago and as I was crossing 7th Street on Kansas Avenue, I saw young ladies, one on the left corner and one on the right corner, holding up large placards. One sign said something about corporate greed and the other declared membership in the club…