We always hear everybody talking about “The Market.” We are told, for example, that “The Market hates uncertainty” and “The Market is engaged in a correction,” and other similar attributions of attitude to “The Market.” On the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a news reporter said that stock prices first fell and then … Continue reading A Conversation With The Market →

Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, and their buddy, William Bryan killed Ahmaud Arbery, a black man. These defendants are despicable people. They should be stuffed away in a cage and never allowed into the world again. In fact, they have already been convicted of Arbery’s murder and have been sentenced to prison, so they are being … Continue reading Watch What You Think, Especially If It’s Awful →

The Academy Award nominations are out. Many of them are biopics of public figures of the past. It makes you wonder which present day public figures will be the subjects of movie biographies in the future, and what they will be like. Here are some possibilities.  It Only Happened One Night. This tells the tale of … Continue reading The Envelope Please →

Two men on business trips met in a bar in Paris, one was American, and one was Russian. They got into a friendly argument about who’s country had more freedom. The American said that the U.S.  was freer because he, a mere businessman, could get to see the President, look him in the eye, say, “President … Continue reading You Can Say That Again →

I used to think that Bill Cosby was really funny. I remember when I first heard him. I was in high school. We played his albums and laughed our asses off.  There was that one routine about Noah building his Ark that sticks out in my mind.  I couldn’t laugh at Bill Cosby now. As I … Continue reading Talking Cosby →

Isn’t it ironic that the forces that drag us apart are the ones that are always preaching about how we need to get together?  I was reminded of this the other night as I listened to a Rabbi’s sermon decrying the recent horrible hostage taking at a Texas synagogue. The Rabbi eloquently made her point … Continue reading Great Message; Wrong Messenger →

Suppose that when you wake up tomorrow morning, in addition to your regular personal responsibilities, the entire country depends on you to also take care of these things: The economy: It is your job to reduce the increased inflation that is harming families; to grow jobs; to solve the supply problems that are leaving store … Continue reading You Shouldn’t Be Crazy →

What makes you angry? Are you pissed off when it takes too long for the waiter to come to your table? How about when you come home from the supermarket and realize that you forgot the one thing you really needed for your dinner? Even worse, how about when the dry cleaner loses your shirt?  … Continue reading Why and How to Get Pissed Off →

Like so many folks do as the calendar turns, here are my predictions for 2022. I think a lot of them have a good chance. Which ones do you think are most likely? Michael Strahan will have two more shows.Steve Harvey will have four more shows.Dr. Oz will be the candidate for the U.S. Senate … Continue reading Predictions: 2022 →

We can never know, in the long run, what the effect will have. Even the best events sometimes redound in ways that weren’t anticipated. Isn’t that what’s called, “unintended consequences?” For example, the assassination of President Kennedy probably made more likely the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – maybe the most valuable piece … Continue reading Unintended Consequences →