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The Economics Of Borders
We are living in uncertain times, with conflicts around the world that could spin out of control. Most of these conflicts involve disputes over borders: Ukraine and Russia; China and Taiwan; North and South
Read More »Living The Louisiana Life
For the first time in about two weeks, it wasn’t raining and the sun was shining. So I decided to mow my back lawn in the area where the grass was now two feet
Read More »An Evening At The Mad Hot Ballroom
My wife, Cathy, and I recently attended the annual Mad Hot Ballroom competition as guests of our long-time friends Karen and Darrel Drewett. Cathy was a judge for the first competition in 2010 and
Read More »The Fed’s Dilemma
Fighting Inflation While Maintaining Economic Growth In the second full week of June, the inflation rate hit 8.6 percent, the highest it has been in 40 years; the Federal Reserve announced its biggest interest
Read More »Ukraine’s Struggle For Independence
To justify his recent invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin claimed “The Ukraine” is historically part of Russia and the Russian and Ukrainian people are one and the same. Most Ukrainians, however, would disagree with
Read More »Putin’s Russian Empire Goals
Many pundits explain Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Putin wanting to restore the Soviet Union. I believe they’re wrong. In a rambling hour-long speech to the Russian people on the eve of the invasion,
Read More »The Cold War Revisited
With Russian troops massed along the border with Ukraine ready to pounce, some political pundits are suggesting that NATO is provoking the crisis by trying to expand into Ukraine and Putin is just defending
Read More »What Kind Of Year Will 2022 Be?
Will 2022 be a good year? That depends on how one judges years. Sometimes we judge them on a personal basis: for example, 1964 is etched in my memory because it is the year
Read More »The Art Of The Fart
In Defense of Joe Biden And Old Men A month ago, I was about to write my column on replacing the income tax with a national sales tax and abolishing the IRS. Then something
Read More »42nd Street: Tapping The Blues Away
I was going to write my Lagniappe column about replacing the income tax with a national sales tax and abolishing the IRS, but something more important has come up. My wife, Cathy, will be
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