https://www.mollyball.com/ Nancy Pelosi is the most powerful member of Congress–again. She is Speaker of the House for a second time and wielding tremendous power with a Democrat in the White House. While misunderstood and maligned by many, she is, perhaps, the most effective person in that role since Sam Rayburn. Her Republican predecessors, John Boehner …
https://cinergyfinancial.com/ I am certain you’ve discussed money matters with a friend or relative and been shocked at how little they know about the subject. It’s obvious by knowing the terrible decisions that they have made over time. Or, perhaps, you’re that person. Money is the universal language of America and yet only six states require …
https://bjmeconomics.com/principals It’s hard to look at America and not recognize that money will have to be spent in the period ahead on a range of emerging priorities, including addressing income inequality, infrastructure, day care, health coverage and the long tail of the pandemic. The question is where do you get the money to address these …
https://www.ioangrillo.com/ While we often think of the epidemic of gun violence as happening on the streets of America, it is even worse in the countries south of us in the Americas. The source of the supply is the same, primarily United States gun manufacturers. How those guns start as legal products and become entwined with …
https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/4030/ America’s Second Amendment is summed up in just a few words and yet massive amounts of ink have been spilled trying to explain it, massive amounts of blood spilled in defense of it and massive sums spent on legal efforts to try and curtail it and still gunfire rings out across our land like …
https://craigdtaylor.com/books Neither terrorist attack, financial meltdown, devastating hurricane or a pandemic can shake New York City from its perch as America’s most unique and vital city. While some say it’s teetering now in the wake of COVID-19 it is hard to bet against this city because of the resilience and strength of its people. …
https://jackdevine.com/about-jack/ It’s the same old song as the Russian spy machine keeps rolling along. Who would know better than Jack Devine who formerly served as acting director and associate director at the CIA and was in charge of the CIA’s largest and most successful covert action operation, which drove the Russians out of Afghanistan? In …
https://www.amazon.com/At-What-Cost-Modern-Capitalism/dp/0190078626 There is a growing concern that capitalism, as presently practiced in the United States, is not working in the best interest of the majority of our citizens. The growing income inequality gap is just one measure of how the ideal of The American Dream is becoming an illusion to a growing sector of our …
https://www.snailworks.com/External3/about-us.aspx ‘Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from their swift completion of their appointed rounds’ has been the mantra of the United States Postal Service since its roots in 1775 before our country was formed. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly referred to in the …
https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/overvalued-housing-may.php Red hot is a good way to characterize the recent housing boom in America. Fortunately the fundamentals seem better aligned to avoid the crash which we experienced a little over a decade ago. Mortgages are stricter, down payments are higher and the tight supply of housing is supporting prices. Ken H. Johnson is a …