Here’s a good one.  Somebody figured out private school educated, college trained and Harvard law school graduate Barack Obama is an elitist.  Like he’s not poor and has a partisan outlook that doesn’t suffer fools lightly.  What can you do.  It takes more than a village, it takes all kinds. It... read more

The children’s song “Come out, come out, wherever you are” is a refrain in a very popular time tested child’s game called “Hide and Seek.”  . It can be used to describe what the Fed under the leadership of Ben Bernanke is doing with the American economy. While there are jobs created by increasing... read more

The Congress currently favors alcohol as a fuel for cars because it can be produced domestically,, circulating money through the national economy for economic growth, and since alcohol burns somewhat cleaner than gasoline, it reduces pollution. This makes productive use of corn surpluses and helps keep... read more

Another writing sample, another opportunity that vanished.  I wrote the following in an effort to land a better paying gig that I did not get.  Oh, well, better luck next time.    This is an opportunity to write for a new site and enrich my writing resume. Since my goal is to earn money writing,... read more

Ford, F, has just announced its worst losses in 103 years. It is rumored that General Motors, GM, and Daimler Chrysler, DCK, will follow Ford’s lead in posting red ink, meaning the entire domestic automobile industry has run into difficulties.   The problem is that, as matters stand, Toyota, TM, is... read more

Even in a rising stock market, there are always stocks that fall. Pfizer, PFE, is a good current example.   Bad news about dangerous side effects of a drug candidate named Torcetrapib that was looked upon as a way of increasing good cholesterol in the body sent the stock down more than 10% on Monday... read more

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is near 11,730, its all time high. This means that some typical investor who theoretically bought some hypothetical shares of stock tied in value to the average at almost any date in the past is ahead of the game, since he bought his basket of shares at an obviously lower... read more

Say what you will about the stock market but, in general, investing usually pays off better than keeping money in the bank or investing in bonds or some other comparatively safe financial vehicle, although it is possible to lose money on bonds if you are holding notes from a company that cannot redeem... read more

In a moment of theusiastic euphoria, while I was laboring under the illusion I was going to sell a stock market article, I wrote the following piece last June (2005)  expecting to sell it, too.  Although, subsequent events, including the hiring of Alan Mulally to head Ford, emphasize that the company needs... read more

On July 6, I put up an essay mentioning that I had tried unsuccessfully to sell an article in July, 2005 about Kirk Kekorian and General Motors to the MotleyFool.  This is that article.  In short, it says GM became the largest automobile maker in the world by combining many divisions across the transportation... read more