What If? What might a seminal Constitutional Crisis look like? We’re talking hypothetically, of course. It might start something like this: The House Committee on Oversight and Reform, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Financial Services subpoena the President’s, his family’s...
A History Lesson An often-heard refrain today among younger Americans is that they don’t have the same opportunities to achieve the American Dream as their parents and grandparents had. Jobs are scarcer. The jobs that are available don’t provide the same level of income...
Diversification versus Diworsification Diversification is a means of wealth preservation that spreads investments among a range of assets and asset classes. It relies on the concept that owning different kinds of financial assets is less risky than owning only one type and requires an investor...
Wagging the Dog “Wagging the dog” is a synonym for a magician’s trick of focusing attention on a figurative “shiny object” to distract audiences from the magician’s slight-of-hand. “Wagging the dog” in a geopolitical context refers to a leader diverting the public’s attention from something...
A Delicate Balancing Act The NY Times on May 21st published an editorial entitled “Charity Won’t Solve Student Debt” the title of which spotlighted the student loan debt debacle crisis. Total student loan debt now stands at $1.56 trillion with more than 44 million Americans...