A lot of politicians today mention affordability as their main campaign issue.  And making ends meet does seem increasingly more difficult, at least that is what the main stream media reports.  However, when you look under the hood a little, spending on the “basics” accounts, and has consistently accounted, for a smaller share of income.   Since WWII, spending on food, clothing, housing, […]

Ol’ Jebidiah, The Hillbilly Sage – Well now, pull up a chair on the front porch here and pour yourself a glass of sweet tea, because the weather up here on the Blue Ridge is getting a little bit cooler and August sure gave us a lot to talk about concerning Wall Street—and I reckon September […]

I remember reading about this in high school, so I am going to draw on a 1927 essay by H.P. Lovecraft, the man whose name is now synonymous with horror, who wrote that “the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” […]