Either a republican or a democrat has claimed the White House since Zachery Taylor won as a Whig in 1848. But this year, perhaps more than in recent election years, some Americans are fed up with both major parties and in particular fed up with the candidates Biden and Trump, and voters might be looking…
There is no doubt that it is getting warmer and warmer. People are worried about climate change, seeing every summer storm or winter blizzard as proof that something is wrong, and something must be done sooner rather than later. People are more than willing to sacrifice their freedom in exchange for promises that the government…
The 2024 election cycle has arrived, and with it questions about what the election means for the economic outlook. It is worth reviewing what history tells us about Federal Reserve monetary policy decisions in election years. Amidst the election buzz news cycle, the Fed is in its third year of working to smite the strongest…
Most Jewish voters in the U.S. are firmly democratic voters and the party gets about 70-80% of the Jewish voting block regardless of who the candidate is. Maybe the reason is that traditionally the democratic party is more on the left side, a social democratic version in the U.S., and a party with global and…
The handover of Hong Kong from the UK to China was at midnight of July 1st, 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony. In 1841, China ceded the island to the British and subsequently the Treaty of Nanking was signed, formally ending the First Opium War. De-colonization is certainly…
