Economics & Business Archives



Do they even want a recovery?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

The four reasons we’re facing a jobless recovery, outlined the other day by Martin Hutchinson of Money Morning, are on target (more…)

Obama squeezes the grocery clerks

Monday, June 15th, 2009

“What’s good for grocery clerks is good for America,” proclaimed David Peterson in a Denver Post opinion piece on June 8. (more…)

Govt. car ads & other flagrant fouls

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Watching the NBA finals, you couldn’t help but notice the new GM commercial. What has American business come to? (more…)

Obama Motors revs up

Monday, June 8th, 2009

President Obama claims to “have no interest” in running General Motors. He does so with a straight face - and the same monotonous (more…)

Insanity of higher CAFE standards

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Here we are again, faced with another cramdown policy by the misguided but ever hard-charging President Obama . This time (more…)

Is this the best we can do?

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Much is being made of the Dick Cheney vs. Barack Obama “debate” now going on in the media over national security. (more…)

Presidential hectoring hurts economy

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

When Richard Nixon was in the process of damaging the American economy back in 1971 via wage and price controls, closing the gold (more…)

Upside of economic woes

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Every morning when pouring my cereal and opening up my newspaper, or rather, my web browser, my mood is shattered by the doom (more…)

Too cute by half

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

George W. Bush had his share of flaws as president, but one of his abiding strengths was his clarity on the most important issues of the day. (more…)

Shooting blanks

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

It is April 2010. Islamic terrorists have been caught attempting to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge in New York with sophisticated high-explosives. (more…)

Your waistline: the latest global warming culprit

Monday, April 20th, 2009

In case you were wondering what’s next on the global warming/climate change agenda — which is the same as the Obama agenda — (more…)

‘Corporatocracy’ bashed at Regis

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

John Perkins, far-left author of the book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, came to Regis University this week (more…)

Six rules for financial backbone

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Editor: This quick primer for recession survival was offered on our 3/29 radio show by David Bradshaw of Swiss America, the gold firm. (more…)

Henry Ford rolls over

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Barack Obama has now unveiled the next iteration of America’s new industrial policy, and if you own shares of Ford Motor Company you have every right to be angry. (more…)

Obama may abort the American dream

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

I have been looking for “the sign” that the good times are over for good. It came in a Denver Post headline: “Abortions increase (more…)