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Why ‘Smarter’ is Always Better

Some things just get better with age. Other predictions prove prescient, confirmed with the benefit o...

“I hate Islam”

So said Geert Wilders, the man at the center of the shooting in Garland Texas....

Urban Redevelopment Back With Few Protections

Bill does little to limit agencies' ability to float debt, use eminent domain...

Clinton Defenders Advance an Unpersuasive Argument

Some of Hillary Clinton's defenders have taken to saying that voters shouldn't pay attention to the l...

Killer Cops or Malicious Prosecutor?

Who killed Freddie Gray? According to Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, Freddie was murdered in a c...

Race, Politics and Lies

Among the many painful ironies in the current racial turmoil is that communities scattered across the...

Leftist Media See Conservative Goblins Everywhere

Three more Republicans declare their intention to be presidential nominees, and the leftist media, as...

Black Lives Matter

Before we examine the issue of police shootings of blacks, I would like to start the conversation wit...

Remember the Lusitania

Owning a fragment of history — a Gettysburg bullet, a Coolidge campaign button — is fun, so in 1968 G...

Earnings Shakeout Defines Future Leadership

By Bryan Perry One of the fascinating aspects of earnings season is that it reveals which sectors and...

Zero Inflation Is Holding the Economy Together

Don???t expect any miracles from the economy. But don???t expect a collapse either....

Just Another Low-Risk Bond Fund

This week’s ETF Talk addresses another bond-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), iShares Core U.S. Agg...

Behold the April Commodities Surge

Behold the April Commodities Surge April is in the books and, for equities, it was another winning mo...

Intellectual Property Issues Are Too Important for Name Calling

If you???ve seen any discussions of patents and copyrights lately, you???ve probably heard a good dea...