Sacramento I was thinking of heading to the gas station to see how much the local retailer will pay me to fill up my tank. As the Washington Post explained this week, an oil glut caused “sellers holding U.S. crude…
Before the latest coronavirus touched down, life in America was pretty good for most of us. Paychecks were getting fatter. Wall Street was booming. Unemployment was so low economists wondered if it actually could get much lower. You’re probably expecting…
There is creative compassion seeping through the new cyberspace of our present experience. Midnight, now illuminated by a thousand laptop screens seeking openings to queue up a delivery time for the local supermarket, any supermarket, becomes the new homemaker business…
“You’ve got to ask yourself a question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” When staring down the revolver and trying to remember how many bullets are left, it’s difficult to weigh the odds. A person needs solid information…
Acting with uncharacteristic urgency, Congress passed a $2.2 trillion spending bill to address the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. The measure includes a patchwork of cash payments to individuals and aid for some businesses. The bill calls for spending…
Sacramento Democratic politicians have increasingly targeted the nation’s big tech firms, with Bernie Sanders vowing to appoint an attorney general who “would break up these huge corporations.” Sanders just dropped out and Elizabeth Warren mercifully left the presidential race, too,…
I’ve always been a bit odd, I think. For example, ever since I was a small lad, I’ve fantasized about a remote, solitary life. That’s not normal, right? Well, it’s a desire that’s never left me. So, while some people,…