
The Obama tax-the-rich campaign strategy is simply a grand diversion from the nation’s badly sputtering economy and from Obama’s failure to effectively do much about it. It is also an exercise in sophism designed to draw attention away from his
by Of Thee I Sing 177614 Jul 2012, 6:00 AM PST0

The question about giving armed support to the Syrian people has now come front and center. As is usually the case, if America doesn’t lead, nobody will. It has become clear that the Obama Administration, has no stomach to do
by Of Thee I Sing 177613 Jun 2012, 5:14 AM PST0

Once again we are playing cold war politics with the Russians. Nothing seems to change when it comes to Russia and missiles. President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s pushing the reset button hasn’t worked, and in fact, it was the wrong
by Of Thee I Sing 177627 May 2012, 2:52 PM PST0

The Euro Humpty Dumpty (17 of 27 EU countries tied to the Euro) is not comfortably perched on, shall we say, the EuroWall. Euro Humpty Dumpty is falling, and the only question is whether it can be gently caught before
by Of Thee I Sing 177627 May 2012, 11:04 AM PST0

We do not know who will be the next President of the United States. As we opined last week, Republican nominee-apparent Mitt Romney is not likely to win if he doesn’t soon articulate an inspiring message or vision. President Obama,
by Of Thee I Sing 177628 Apr 2012, 7:23 AM PST0

Our focus in these weekly essays has been largely related to economic issues and political matters. We divert this week to examine what might well be the most important issue facing the country: the health care case recently argued in
by Of Thee I Sing 17761 Apr 2012, 9:00 AM PST0

We Americans like to think of the economy as a single organic reality: as a big picture that is immediately discernible on its surface, something that is simply good, or not so good, something that produces a sense of well-being, or something
by Of Thee I Sing 177623 Mar 2012, 7:29 AM PST0
All things good and bad come to an end, and that is true of the long recession, which, according to the economic statisticians, we are in no longer. When the jobs numbers for last month came in President Obama was
by Of Thee I Sing 177617 Feb 2012, 11:58 AM PST0
Okay, we made up the word. But in medicine, as any physician knows, a blastoma is a malignancy of so-called precursor cells called blasts. Should such an anomaly go untreated…well, let’s not go there. Anyway, we decided to refer to
by Of Thee I Sing 17763 Feb 2012, 5:52 AM PST0
It seems as though the politics of envy as skillfully practiced by the left has metastasized to the right. Mr. Gingrich demanded that Gov. Romney release his tax returns as if something illegal or dirty would come to light, but
by Of Thee I Sing 177627 Jan 2012, 10:54 AM PST0
In last week’s essay, we quoted Winston Churchill’s memorable statement that “Democracy is the worst system there is except for all the others. We also restated Churchill’s observation by noting that we need to revise our delegate selection process and
by Of Thee I Sing 177621 Jan 2012, 3:03 PM PST0
Sure, we understand that the people who run political campaigns and the candidates who hire or encourage them will stretch or bend the truth in return for a bump in the polls. That’s why, as Harry Truman understood, it gets
by Of Thee I Sing 177618 Jan 2012, 10:42 PM PST0
As the Republican presidential hopefuls slug it out debate after debate, and sound bite after sound bite, and President Obama endlessly drones on from the sidelines with his mantra that the wealthy must pay their fair share (according to CBO
by Of Thee I Sing 177615 Jan 2012, 7:27 AM PST0
With the GOP debates mercifully coming to an end, the nation is getting ready for the 2012 elections starting with the Iowa caucuses in January. At this point, President Obama appears likely to face Mitt Romney (seemingly no one’s first
by Of Thee I Sing 177620 Dec 2011, 8:13 AM PST0
For very good and valid reasons, Americans understand the extraordinary importance of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the right peacefully to assemble for redress of grievances. That, of course, is the rationale for the Occupy Wall Street (“OWS”)
by Of Thee I Sing 177625 Nov 2011, 11:33 AM PST0
As lawyers say, lets stipulate that the political system is broken. We have, in the past, railed against special tax incentives for business that are often outmoded, ill conceived, and are generally ineffective. These, more often than not, merely distort
by Of Thee I Sing 17768 Nov 2011, 12:13 PM PST0
It is not necessarily true that as goes the Euro, so goes the Dollar, but as goes the EU, so goes the US is as certain as the rising (or setting) sun. At least, if American fiscal policy continues to
by Of Thee I Sing 17761 Nov 2011, 6:31 AM PST0
President Obama and his re-election strategists seem like moths circling the glow and heat of a candle as they cozy up to the Occupy Wall Street crowd. This just might be a grassroots movement we can call our own, they
by Of Thee I Sing 177625 Oct 2011, 4:27 AM PST0
There is a long 20th century history of Wall Street protests in America. After all, Wall Street is the financial center of the country. Today, we’re in a financial crisis so Wall Street (or its financial center equivalent in other
by Of Thee I Sing 177617 Oct 2011, 4:39 AM PST0
It was a year and a half ago (May 17, 2010) when we first warned about Greece and hypothesized just how close France and the UK might be to the continental vortex we thought was in the process of spinning
by Of Thee I Sing 177611 Oct 2011, 4:34 AM PST0
by Of Thee I Sing 17765 Oct 2011, 4:37 AM PST0
There are two things we know for sure about the European financial meltdown: Its cause and its potential ramifications for America. No one should lull themselves into thinking we are mere spectators to those European economies that are collapsing of
by Of Thee I Sing 177620 Sep 2011, 4:43 AM PST0
We ignore most polls because most are not meaningfully instructive and, often, the phrasing of the questions hideously corrupts the results. There are, however, some polls we do watch carefully because we believe they are instructive. The Rasmussen “wrong direction,
by Of Thee I Sing 177618 Sep 2011, 5:30 AM PST0
Yes, we understand that politics is a blood sport and that name-calling has become the common coin of the political realm. But this past week, following the passage of the bill to raise the debt ceiling, and before the nation’s
by Of Thee I Sing 17768 Aug 2011, 6:57 AM PST0
As we issue this week’s essay, the leadership of both parties and the White House have announced agreement to end the debt ceiling crisis. The deal, which still requires congressional approval, will increase the nation’s debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion
by Of Thee I Sing 17761 Aug 2011, 11:07 AM PST0