You know it galls me to see grandstanding politicians like Maxine “We Have God on Our Side” Waters and her capitalism-hating cronies grill CEOs on Capitol Hill. Maybe nauseates is a better word. Say what you will about some of the scandals that have befallen Wells Fargo in recent years,[…] Read On
Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Big Tech. She says that Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet/Google and Apple are too dominant and that breaking them up will spur competition. U.S. antitrust law doesn’t support her thesis but when has that ever stopped a political power grab? There are no federal laws that[…] Read On
Since the financial crisis there’s been a growing power struggle between big corporations and governments that want the power to regulate the hell out of them. At least that’s what I hear. Many believe that big business has become too big. That global corporations wield too much power and that[…] Read On
“The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Half the nation is doing great. The other half, not so much. A certain side of the political spectrum (you know who I’m talking about) has been weaponizing fearmongering to the[…] Read On
We like to see ourselves as arbiters of absolute truth or at least infallible points of view. In reality we’re shockingly biased toward our existing beliefs. In case you’re wondering that’s called confirmation bias. All things considered it’s sort of surprising we ever get anything right. Think that’s not true?[…] Read On
Last night I woke up drenched in sweat from a terrible nightmare. I dreamed that wacky socialists had reengineered America in the name of climate change. No cars. No planes. No cows. No gas heat or stoves. No tractors. No chain saws either, but it didn’t matter since cutting down[…] Read On
It’s hard to believe how strongly opinionated most Americans are on matters they know little or nothing about. That, in a nutshell, is the essence of poor decision-making – something we seem to be very good at, and proud of it. I mean, what’s social media if not a means[…] Read On