Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com It has been said bad news does not get better over time. I once knew a lady who discovered a lump in her breast,but ignored it until it had metastasized. She finally sought medical help when she reached the point that she could no longer ignore the pain. Initially,[...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson On July 11,The Center for Vision &Values posted my article decrying the insulting name-calling directed toward Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke. The very next day,Bernanke made me question my forbearance by telling Congress that a third round of “quantitative easing,” or “QE3,” could be a near-term [...] As the economy slips into unprecedented territory,Barack Obama’s refusal to take responsibility for his actions have warn Americans’patience beyond the breaking point. After S&P downgraded the nation’s credit rating Friday evening. a small businesswoman sent the president an unmistakable message:quit blaming everyone else and apologize to the American people for your abject [...] Tom W. Pauken This factory is in China,but it doesn't have to be. America faces its most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression. While the finance economy has improved somewhat since the bursting of the credit bubble in 2008,the labor market economy continues to languish with the national unemployment rate officially [...] Joe Guzzardi,FloydReports.com When it comes to what Democrats call comprehensive immigration reform,Senator Chuck Schumer lives in his own little world. Schumer,obsessed with passing an immigration bill that would grant amnesty to more than 10 million illegal aliens,has a new wrinkle he hopes will fool an American public that has for [...] Dr. Paul Kengor,FloydReports.com I just read two very interesting articles on the U.S. economy,written from historical perspectives. They compelled me to share my own historical perspective. And what I want to say is more about our changing culture than our economy. One of the articles,by Julie Crawshaw of MoneyNews.com,notes that [...] Matt Mackowiak,FloydReports.com Presidential reelection campaigns are always about the incumbent — serving as a referendum of that President’s performance in office and the results of their policies. It’s a choice election. It’s not about the challenger. What the incumbent tries to do is to make the other “choice”unacceptable,resulting in the incumbent’s [...] Basil Irwin,FloydReports.com The following chart is published by The Business Insider at Chart of The Day: This chart compares the progress of unemployment levels for recessions prior to 1948 by using the nadir of unemployment as the zero point in time for each depression. Thus one can compare the relative progress of employment [...] | |
