April 7, 2020
If money is no object, let’s solve some pressing problems
Money is no object, apparently. We have been taught by historians and economists that the government can’t have both guns and butter. Tell that to Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, who told “60 Minutes” a...
March 31, 2020
Give me liberty or give me coronavirus!
When Patrick Henry was governor of Virginia, smallpox was the devastating disease that afflicted America. The British military had gained immunity in the Old World and was accused of spreading the disease in the colonies to subdue the pesky rebellion....
March 26, 2020
Podcast: Pandemic!
How bad is it right now? Is the recovery package going to be enough? The President has been an optimist-in-chief and the press has nailed him for it. Don’t we need some optimism when we go to war? ...
March 23, 2020
Partisanship is alive
Partisanship is alive. Long live partisanship. The coronavirus hasn’t unified the country as well as many had hoped. I am ok with that. Senate Democrats objected to an economic stimulus package because it didn’t contain many of their pet theories...
March 17, 2020
Podcast: Happy St. Patrick’s Day?
Chris Swonger President and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of The United States joins the podcast for an appropriately socially distanced conversation about the new normal of COVID19 and the state of the distilled spirits industry. ...
March 16, 2020
World War V
The world is at war. Who knew it would be at war with a virus? Like World War II, the United States hoped its splendid isolation would shield it from the conflict. In the last war, it was the fall...