Opinion
The mobsters of Wall Street
Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, swindling consumers, cheating credit card holders, violating U.S. trade laws and bilking American soldiers. Can you even imagine the ...
Marijuana along the Rio Grande
The Arizona Republic printed a terrific story last Sunday on the on-going war on marijuana smuggling being waged along the Rio Grande River in Texas...
Shouldn’t natural foods actually be natural?
Years ago the delightfully-naughty movie star, Mae West, said: “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted...
Millionaire lawmakers can rise above their financial handicap
Mark Twain spoke for me when he said: “I’m opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position...
The green whine over U.S. gas exports
When Russia took over the Crimea at the start of the month, there were widespread calls in Congress and among the chattering classes (including from me) for the U.S. to fast-track the export of natural gas and oil to Europe in order to lessen Europe’s dependence on ...
The flim flam of the Employment Policies Institute
Mothers everywhere warn children not to put any food in their mouths unless they know where it came from. The same should apply to putting information in our heads...
Obama, Putin and pigeon chess
It is not true — as some conservative websites have recently claimed — that Vladimir Putin once remarked that “negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the...
Banking marijuana requires an ‘act of Congress’
Despite bankers’ varied attitudes about legalizing marijuana, now that it is legal in Colorado, banks are supportive of government efforts to permit financial services for marijuana businesses. However, numerous obstacles prevent banks from serving marijuana ...
