Columns

Pandora has trapped the Federal Reserve

Pandora’s Box was opened by the Fed’s in 2009, and Fake Zero Interest Rates escaped along with all the economic ills of MMT (“Modern Monetary Theory” where Deficits don’t matter), QE 1,2, and 3 to bring misery soon to most of mankind.

What makes Saban a great coach?

I don’t normally write a sports column, but a few words would seem appropriate after Alabama’s football coach Nick Saban announced his retirement last week.

Buggies weren’t unfair competition

People understood the need to ration rubber and gasoline during World War II, and so they understood when grocery stores and laundries and others were told they should use their delivery trucks sparingly.

Been at your job too long?

Without much fanfare (okay, I did write and voice a radio commercial noting the milestone), I recently marked 25 years of my “day job” working for a farmers cooperative.

Bad idea to keep Trump off the ballot

Here is the election question dominating the national news. Can a minor state official decide the outcome of the presidential election? The Maine secretary of state apparently thinks so.