The largest German bank, Deutsche Bank, has lately faced trouble as world markets have undergone handwringing over massive fines the bank needs to pay the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for claims relating to mortgage-backed securities from the financial crisis of 2008. The DOJ previously announced it wanted Deutsche Bank to pay a colossal $14 … Continue reading “Could Bank Failure Contagion Take Down the World’s Financial System?”

It didn’t take long after the first presidential debate began for the differences in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to become quite apparent. Trump is all for free trade, thinks the playing field should be equal in all trade agreements, and therefore has always been against The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). First Clinton was and then … Continue reading “Trump, Clinton, and the TPP”

The issue is timeless- to us, it’s known as Gun Control- but historically, the urge of the ruling class to deprive the population of its weapons is as old as society itself. History is replete with examples of governments- on the cusp of becoming full-fledged totalitarian regimes- campaigning to disarm their citizens. Perhaps, the finest … Continue reading “The Real Reason Liberals Want to Take Our Guns”

The events of the September 11, 2001, attacks have shaped the lives of people and the history of nations for the past fifteen years. The rise of terrorist organizations and the rogue states that fund them have been held up as excuses for the creation and extension of executive powers that curtail our freedoms, justify … Continue reading “Congress Say’s “No” to Obama”

On September 13 — just in time for election season — the Census Bureau announced that the U.S. median household income had its biggest jump since 1967 (and the first since 2007) to $556,516 for 2015, gaining 5.2 percent over the previous year’s amount. On the surface that sounds like great news, and the Obama … Continue reading “The Latest Census Figures on Americans’ Income Are Probably a Fraud”

Three recent incidents have brought Democrat’s favorite money man, Warren Buffett, into the hot seat recently, soiling his wholesome, folksy image. The first is the Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Homes subsidiary being called out for predatory lending. Buffett defended Clayton Homes in a letter to shareholders, rather than answering the accusations directly or describing policy changes … Continue reading “As Warren Buffet Falls From Grace, So too Will Liberal Tax Policies”

Unless you’ve been hiding out somewhere, you may have heard about the recent banking scandal at Wells Fargo. It seems that for the past decade at the bank — which is the U.S.’s third-largest financial institution, as well as being a favorite investment vehicle for billionaire Warren Buffett — employees were playing a game whereby … Continue reading “Wells Fargo Gets Ripped Over Its Fake Accounts”

Presidential hopeful, Donald J. Trump has delivered scathing criticism of President Barack Obama’s veto last week of a policy that would have made it possible for the families of the people who died in the attacks of September the 11th 2001 to sue the Saudi Arabian government. Trump called the move “a disgrace,” and “shameful.” … Continue reading “Obama Throws 9/11 Victim’s Families Under the Bus”

In September, Clinton, Trump, and the super-PACs that support them reported how much money each raised and spent through the month of August. Here are the latest totals. Clinton Totals Raised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Continue reading “Campaign Spending Tells You All You Need to Know about the Candidates”

The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has many policies to spend the government’s money, but few to actually increase it. However, her campaign recently issued a plan to bring in a bit more revenue via hiking the unpopular estate tax. The estate tax — that part of a person’s wealth which goes directly … Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Wants to Raise Taxes”

Most of us agree that we are defined by what we do, and to a much lesser extent- what we say. The phenomenon known as political correctness, is a reflection of societal behavior, the ways in which our culture has transformed. It also has a great influence on behavior, reinforcing the arc of that transformation. … Continue reading “Political Correctness is a Threat to More than Just Free Speech”

If you are the establishment candidate in a referendum election wherein the nation is fed up with business as usual and over half of the electorate believe the country is going the wrong way, what could you possibly do to stay afloat? Why, go on the attack, of course- like a mad dog- and just … Continue reading “Hillary’s Decomposing Presidential Campaign”

Hillary Clinton says she shouldn’t have called “half” of Trump supporters “deplorables,” by which she meant they are bigots of one stripe or other. She said, “I was ‘grossly generalistic. I was wrong to say ‘half,’” just before vowing to point out “bigotry” within Donald Trump’s campaign. Clinton sparked a tumult when she insulted Trump … Continue reading “Inglorious Deplorables”

Although many Americans have long suspected it, until recently, hard evidence of the progress of the U.S. economy being not as rosy as the administration of President Obama has trumpeted was scant. However, a new study by Obama’s alma mater, Harvard University, shows in nine charts that the myth of the post-2008 “Obama recovery” is … Continue reading “A New Harvard Study Shows Serious Economic Problems”

Everyone dreams of being a millionaire, but numbers show that more Americans than ever are achieving that dream. When asked about their success, they often have answers that surprise the less wealthy. Millionaires often feel that they are middle class at best, and they often cite having more financial worries than before they made their … Continue reading “3 Things Rich People Say Are Better than Having $1 Million”

Former vice president, Dick Cheney, recently accused President Barack Obama of being a greater detriment to the security of the Union, doing more to ‘hobble our defenses’ and ‘aid America’s adversaries’ than any single former US president. In a pointed critique of Barack Obama’s work as the president, Cheney collaborated with his daughter- the Wyoming … Continue reading “The Most Powerful VP in all of History”

As President Barack Obama strives to bring his presidency to a positive public relations conclusion, Ted Cruz and a group of House Republicans are developing a plan to dismantle his work toward turning over control of the Internet to nation’s that have as a reputation for being enemies of free speech. GOP legislators have been … Continue reading “Could America Lose Internet Access?”