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...
The Work Ethic and Demographics Many Americans believe that younger generations don’t have the same work ethic as their elders. They don’t put in the effort, or the hours, of older generations in trying to achieve the American Dream. They’re not as motivated for...
The Trade War with China: What’s America’s Beef? Some have argued that the Trump Administration’s tariffs against China are overdone, a flexing of unnecessary economic muscle for internal U.S. political purposes. That’s not the reality. China’s anti-World Trade Organization actions are illegal immoral mercantilist...
The Most Important Takeaway from the Mueller Investigation The most important takeaway from the Muller Investigation is that Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election achieved a level of success light years far beyond Russia’s wildest dreams. Above all, America’s response to the Mueller Report...
Notes on 2017 Tax Reform The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was a complicated piece of legislation that added a host of new tax provisions to an already overly-complex Internal Revenue Code. Because of the turbo-charged speed of its enactment, it did not...
The Return of Truthiness Coined by Stephen Colbert, Truthiness “is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or individuals without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination or facts.” Examples of Truthiness abound in modern culture,...
