Inflation

Headlines are grim.  Russia seems hell bent on establishing a new Iron Curtain.

Inflation is up.  Since the beginning of this century, price appreciations have been relatively modest.  That isn’t to say America hasn’t experienced inflation, we have.  But under the watch of Federal Reserve Chairs Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, and most of Jerome Powell’s first term, price gains were measured.  In fact, some argue that the F

Some of the best laid plans develop crimps.  Take the Kinks and their song Lola for instance.  They recorded the song in 1970 (it became one of their most famous songs) but needed to re-record it in order to get airplay on the United Kingdom’s BBC.  You see, broadcasting is different in the UK.  The nat

We all know how important energy is to the modern world.  We’ve recently had a couple of instances demonstrate how messed up things can get when its supply is interrupted.  First was that freakish weather pattern which blanketed much of the nation in February as the Polar Vortex dipped lower than normal, pushing the power grid to the brink of failure in many areas.  Simulta

Classic relationships can be so romantic.  They can even inform our own ideas about the successfulness of our pairings.  Take Ethel and Fred Mertz.  I know Lucy and Ricky are the main characters, but their neighbors really crack me up.  Like Fred, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for the price tag on some item my wife wants to get rid of because I thin

The U.S. government is steeped in mystery.  But next month they may reveal some of the pieces to the great puzzle.  A report ordered by the U.S.

Homophones are a regular source of typos for me as I write these notes.  One came to mind earlier this week when thinking about statistics.  Meghan Trainor was not thinking about year-ago lookbacks for economic indicators when she and Kevin Kadish wrote this song (its video has over 2 billion views).