While the job numbers indicate a fairly normal uptick in jobs created, other key numbers remain weak, and the corvid-19 pandemic threat to international markets continues to grow.
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An Open Question: The World as It Is
...I am resolved to live in the world as it is while continuing to forcefully advocate for the world as it should be, and I have very good reason to believe that it is possible.
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The Economy in Context: February 2020
Donald Trump is on track to be the first US president in American history to oversee an economy that doesn't reach a very modest 4% GDP growth for even a single quarter during his entire term in office.
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A Short Word: Impeachment and the State of the Union
Don't worry, America, because we're inexplicably going back to the Moon, and then on to Mars, for absolutely no reason, whatsoever.
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The Economy in Context: January 2020
...[T]he state of the economy remains very much in question, particularly where the job creation market is concerned.
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What Impeachment says about America
[I]f you are a foreigner looking to America for principled philosophical leadership, do yourself a favor. Stop.
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Merry Christmas: Waxing Theological
This is the day that our GOD entered our world and began His plan to save us from ourselves.
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The Economy in Context: December 2019
2019 will be the weakest year for job creation of the Trump presidency.
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How NOT to elect a president in 2020
While many may chalk the large field of candidates up to energetic opposition to Donald Trump, let's consider another possible explanation: incompetence.
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The Trump-Ukraine Scandal Explained
There is a scandal, and it very much is impeachable.
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The Economy in Context: November 2019
The economy is not in the best of shape presently, and this becomes even more obvious the more the administration tries to pressure the Federal Reserve Board to further lower interest rates, and yet the pundits continue to claim that things are going well.
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America’s Crisis is the World’s Crisis
The president of the United States actually believes he is above any law.
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The Economy in Context: October 2019
One thing is for sure, this isn't the rapid growth economy we were sold.
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The Dawn of the 9/11/2001 Generation
Is America a place where our laws and politics reflect our highest virtues or our lowest bigotries?
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The Economy in Context: September 2019
By every objective measure, the economy has been at best mediocre, and, when compared to the performance of the economy since Reagan, this economy has been flaccid, especially in 2019.
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The Economy in Context: August 2019
The current administration is desperate to have American voters believe their blatant mediocrity is somehow better than the blatant mediocrity of the prior administration...
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When did 2.1% become “good”?
In what upside down world is "below average" synonymous with "booming"?
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The Trade War Is Not Going Well
The trade war and the moral cowardice of the "heartland voter" demonstrate just how little "heart" there is in this land.
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The Economy in Context: July 2019
This economy isn't "better", and it sure as Hell isn't "great".
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Independence Day Hangover
If we really are a Christian nation, then our national holidays should be in accord with our Christian values, and not merely of Earthly concerns.
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Faux Individualism Is Just Collectivism
Individualism is the philosophical position that, since only individuals are capable of possessing rights, only individual rights exist.
