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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Interpreting this text, the Supreme Court of the United States held this Amendment provides the individual with the personal and fundamental right to bear arms subject to reasonable restrictions/regulation courtesy of the government (District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)). Thus,... Read More→

You’re smart. I get it. New York gets it. Apparently, the New York Times also gets it since they let you publish, pretty much without reserve, anything you deem relevant. You did win a Nobel Memorial Prize in economics, and you did receive undergraduate and doctorate degrees from the nation’s most prestigious universities. You’ve also published boat-loads of books, articles, and theories. But wasn’t/isn’t your specialty trade theory and international finance? I’m curious how trade and... Read More→

It’s a terrible tragedy that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in cowardly fashion by a one Jared Lee Loughner (how quickly that middle name comes when you assassinate – or attempt to assassinate – public officials). There’s no doubt the Nation suffers when our political representatives are targeted for wanton and willful malfeasance. Yet no sooner than Rep. Giffords made it to the hospital, pundits and commentators alike were condemning the Tea Party, Right Wingers, and, particularly,... Read More→

Hailing from Buffalo, I am accustomed to snow. Plain and simple. When City Slickers cry over inches, Upstate New Yorkers growl over feet. Then we shovel. And shovel. A plow would eventually come, and all would be right in the world. So when twenty inches were set to fall – now known as the fifth biggest snowfall New York City has ever seen – I didn’t give it two thoughts. I think my childhood in Buffalo solidified this [now mistaken] belief that sanitation crews do, you know, their jobs. Oh,... Read More→

Is simple: the added debt. Tax cuts sound great, but if they’re being off-set by additional debt (i.e. not spending cuts), then what’s the point? We’re extending unemployment… again!? People can now list Unemployed as an intermediate career they’ve been on it so long. Just saying.  Read More →