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Rampant Abuse of the Elderly
When one is 70 plus, even 65 plus, telephones become their enemy and a real and present danger. Home phones are by far worse than cell phone, but both are plagues and both threaten older people’s sense of self and their pocketbook.... Read →
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Throwing Out the Smartest Guy in Government
We all have to get through these times – times when the entire government is without mooring, where the President lacks stability and sanity, and where political leaders on both sides appear to have surrendered responsibility and... Read →
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Is Bitcoin a Bubble?
Bitcoins today offer an individual the possibility of becoming very, very rich by risking it all (including borrowing huge sums from friends family and shysters). By so doing, one could -- possibly – join the ranks in a matter of... Read →
The American Museum of Natural History – Failed US Tax Policy
The American Museum of Natural History (AMHN) is causing a disaster on the Upper West Side, and could care less. It is a failed museum, albeit in a wonderful location on the West Side of New York. If one goes into the museum, they will... Read →
Gary Cohn: "Why Aren't The Other Hands Up?"
At a Wall Street Journal conference of CEOs earlier this week John Bussey asked, “If the tax reform bill goes through, do you plan to increase your company’s capital investment?” 1. Tax-overhaul backers say corporate... Read →
Secretary of His Treasury
Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and his new wife are simply Trumpians through and through. These two are playing a particularly visible role as champions of the rich and their way of life and giving a middle finger to all... Read →
Is Roy Moore America's Kurt Waldheim?
Roy Moore has been accused by at least five credible witnesses of having been a pedophile and a sexual predator more than three decades ago. While those accusations alone don’t prove guilt, their existence should absolutely make him... Read →
How The Attack Unfolded. From the Bike Lane.
I rode my bike down the West Side bike lane in New York on the morning of November 2, 2017. The lane had just reopened following the terrorist attack less than 48 hours earlier which claimed 8 lives and gravely injured dozens more. I... Read →
Crush the House and Send the Family Away
In Israel, when a suicide bomber or other kind of Palestinian terrorist strikes, there is quick and harsh response by the State. The immediate family is arrested and the terrorist’s home is destroyed. Such retaliation may not stop... Read →
Republicans Are Pushing Dangerous Banana Republic-Type Tax Reform
I was a lifelong Republican prior to Trump. But, I have resolved now never to vote Republican again. As an American (neither Democrat nor Republican), I am outraged by the Republican dismissal of Russian interference and their turning... Read →
Is Jeff Flake a Flake?
Jeff Flake, the Republican Senator from Arizona, made a stunning speech before the Senate this afternoon. The full text of Flake’s speech is here. Flake explained to his Senate colleagues that he could not as a decent human... Read →
Advice from a Stupid Senior
Many seniors today are facing a real quandary. I am one of them. The stock market and many IRAs are enjoying significant upside momentum, and while I know this cannot and will not continue forever, I just can’t pull the trigger and... Read →
His Royal Highness Ryan Zinke
He rode into Washington on a horse the first day of his tenure as Trump’s Interior Secretary. He was facing forward, at the time, but he should have been turned around and facing the horse’s rear. Because that is what he has... Read →
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