Guest Editorial

BY CRAIG COLUMBUS | JANUARY 25, 2012

Occupying True North in 2012: The Year of the Entrepreneur

This is the time of year when 2012 prediction lists abound. I am struck by how many lists have included some reference to a surge in American entrepreneurship during the next year. Entrepreneurs are clearly being counted upon to act as one of the centerpieces of America’s economic recovery. Keep Reading ...

Guest Editorial

BY mENCKEN'S GHOST | JANUARY 25, 2012

menckens ghostThe USA and Cuba are both capitalist countries

This and other unconventional thoughts about capitalism

Well, here we go again.  Polly-the-parrot pundits in the mediocre media are screeching about capitalism once again, obsessing about Bain Capital after having become bored with the Occupy movement.

As usual, they have given little thought to what the word “capitalism” means.  Most of them incorrectly equate capitalism to banking, or, more specifically, to the banking cartel run by the Federal Reserve.  Keep Reading ...