Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of President Kennedy. It seems like an eternity and yet in someways, for me, it seem like yesterday. Now I was only 4 years old at the time of JFK’s death but I do have a few recollections. The clearest recollection is that of being at my aunts […]
Current Events
When the Rich are Punished, You Suffer.
When politicians try to “punish the rich” it is the middle class that pays the price. History agrees as I will show you later. But lets take a practical example. What would happen if movie theaters all raised the price of tickets to $75 per seat. They would all get rich correct? Of course not. […]
Could Replacement Referees Actually Help the NFL?
I rarely watch the NFL anymore. So I was surprised to hear people talking last week about the NFL replacement referees. Of course things really exploded when the final play of the Monday Night Football Game turned out to be a game deciding controversy. When I hear non-sports oriented friends expressing outrage, well that interests […]
QE3 economics class
The following is a guest post by my long time friend Russell Green. A fellow Oregon Duck Fan, Russell’s backyard is the home of Duck Gnome. The Fed is doing a new round of QE3 — Quantitative Easing Round 3 — and buying up mortgages at $40 billion per month, or something like that. The […]
Predictions & Secrets of the Oregon Duck Offense
The days are getting shorter and Fall is in the air. That means its time for Football. The Oregon Duck’s redshirt freshman quarterback, Marcus Mariota, will be a sensation. Why? I expect him to be one of the most accurate passers that will have ever played at Oregon. Secondly, his passing will be in stark […]
The Problem with Penn State’s Sanctions
Today the NCAA announced that they were handing down sanctions for the scandal surrounding Jerry Sandusky and his conviction for child molestation. $60 million fine No Bowl Games for 4 years Loss of 40 scholarships during this time. Such sanctions will relegate Penn State to the has-beens of college football. It is just not possible […]
Is the housing market ready to recover?
The housing market has been though a lot the last couple of years and most of it has been negative. There is constant news about new foreclosures and 98% of those who know what a short sale is had no idea 3 years ago. Personally I’ve watched the value of my house drop about 25%. […]
The Longest Day
Today marks the 66th anniversary of what has come to be known as “The Longest Day.” The invasion of Normandy, also known as D-Day and Operation Overlord, was the day the world held their breath. The all out assault by the allies was launched with the winner likely to win the war. Either Nazi Germany […]
The Essence of Ronald Reagan
Today marks the 99th birthday of Ronald Reagan. I was attending college at the time Reagan was elected. He was elected at a time when our economy was arguably every bit as bad, in some ways worse, than what we currently are experiencing. He brought