With August 2 looming, the debate over raising the debt ceiling has become almost passé.  Economists of all political stripes have issued their dire warnings, with few dissents from any legitimate experts.  Political commentators have provided blow-by-blow descriptions of the behind-the-scenes drama, such as it is.  Pundits have offered their explanations of why the […]

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”                           -Winston Churchill             I’m not about to dispute Churchill’s observation, but the truth is that America’s great experiment in republican democracy has reached a point of self-destruction.  It can’t be fixed.  It needs to be junked.             The country’s constitution drafters did a […]

            I have just about had my fill of lying politicians.              I wrote that sentence in the immediate aftermath of the Anthony Weiner press conference earlier this week, wherein he admitted he had lied repeatedly about the Twitter photo of his genitalia that he claimed he hadn’t but finally admitted he had sent to […]

            My wife and I just returned from a week’s vacation in Tahoe Vista, which is one of the many little towns that are spread across the northern side of Lake Tahoe, the large lake that divides parts of California and Nevada.  The lake, for those unfamiliar with this part of the world, is nestled […]