by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 20, 2019 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Donald Trump
Opinion | Obama’s presidency will be hailed as transformative. Trump’s will be viewed with scorn. As it was with George W. Bush and every other president who preceded him, Barack Obama made policy decisions I found troubling. Obama once described the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 20, 2019 | • Politics, The 2020 Presidential Race
I think the article title might be a little harsh but still I tend to agree. I think Beto O’Rourke is surely the beneficiary of the “bright shiny object” condition. There isn’t as “much there there” as I would like to see. Beto...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 19, 2019 | • Politics
Crony capitalism? How Did the F.A.A. Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly? With virtually every day that has passed since the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which killed a hundred and fifty-seven people, more disturbing news has...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 18, 2019 | • Politics
It’s Corruption, Not Socialism, That Brought Down Venezuela These days it seems you can’t talk about socialism without being required to talk also about Venezuela-largely because certain people on the right bring up the failures of Venezuela every time the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality
Anand Giridharadas’ book: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 15, 2019 | Income Inequality
The ‘Self-Made Billionaire’ Is A Lie This week, Forbes magazine reported that 21-year-old Kylie Jenner was the youngest “self-made billionaire” ever ― as she has pulled in at least $1 billion from her successful makeup company Kylie Cosmetics....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 13, 2019 | • Politics
Brexit and Trumpism Have Failed Because Conservative Populism Is a Lie “They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!,” announced Donald Trump in the summer of 2016. Before long, Trump was calling himself that, after appearing at a rally with Nigel Farage, one...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 8, 2019 | • Politics, Democracy
What follows is the text of a FaceBook meme I see floating around from time to time attributed to DividedWeFall.com (DividedWeFall.online)… Socialism: The government owns most of the major industries. This is an extreme position that seems to fail. Corporate...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 7, 2019 | What I'm Reading
Will 2020 Democrats Help Trump by Destroying Each Other? We’re now well under a year away from the Iowa caucuses, and an unusually – perhaps uniquely – large Democratic field is forming to compete for the opportunity to face Donald J. Trump in 2020....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 7, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
What if the National Debt Doesn’t Actually Matter? The national debt is ballooning, surpassing $22 trillion. Conservatives and progressives alike, are aghast at the number and different political parties will use this number to different ends, but all will say...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 7, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
A thorough defense of Modern Monetary Theory “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” — Gandhi’s aphorism neatly describes the trajectory to date of Modern Monetary Theory, the latest incarnation of...
