Category: Commentary

IS THE ECON PAIN ON THE WANE? »

I am no economist; just a guy knee-deep in the grit, grime and glory of small business.  And when I say the last year or so has been a bear, I suspect I am preaching to the choir.  I discovered that, yes, there is money out there, but no one is giving it away without [...]

IN DEFENSE OF CAPITALISM! »

  This is part rant, part rave!  I’ve had it and am fed up about the ignorant, anti-capitalism noise coming from the President of the United States and those around him.  I expect this kind of idiocy from euro-trash, people who see the government as a huge tit from which all their needs flow.  But from our [...]

Challenges! »

By John A. Mangin, Jr. As a nation, we face immediate challenges, both of which threaten to destroy our capitalistic system if we let them: Cap-and-Trade, that rip-off by a government bent on rewarding its political favorites by creating a scarce new commodity, “carbon credits,” making businesses buy it, but forcing the poor pay to [...]