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The author lives in small-town Indiana and is a Web-based writer and analyst covering economics, politics, and international affairs.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Is hyperinflation coming?
How long can the government go on spending? As long as the Fed keeps pumping money back into the system, to cover the mounting deficits, the Ponzi can continue. Meanwhile, banks use their access to free capital despite the deteriorating economy and declining value of mortgages they use as collateral.

Monday, April 18, 2011
Coping with fallout
Why won't Americans treat the Japanese nuclear threat more seriously? Passivity and willful ignorance won't protect us from Fukushima or corporate polluters.

Monday, August 2, 2010
Myths and lies guide US policies
The government's endorsement of BP's media campaign represents one more example of a pattern of media complicity and corporatism. As the victims' legal rights are constricted, the scope of our nation's abandonment of democracy emerges. And without a fundamental examination of the 9/11 event, we can't continue to justify endless wars and an ever larger national security state incompatible with American values.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Obama spins BP spill, and we get to pay
By abdicating control to BP, the government is still failing in its response. Obama might seek to capitalize on the lame response to the spill by pressing for carbon taxes. End result of all the opportunism and inadequate regulation will be higher taxes and energy costs borne by the public.

Sunday, May 2, 2010
Deepwater disaster could have been prevented
(1 comments) Pattern of regulatory non-compliance leads to a disaster of economic and environmental proportions. Inadequate enforcement and sweetheart deals by the M.M.S. remind us of other recent crises, like the Massey mine explosion, Madoff, and credit bubble tragedies. Once damages are calculated, regulatory enforcement actually be economically beneficial.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Revising Global Warming theory and the H1N1 threat
While warming is occurring, recent e-mails reveal shortcuts in the science. While global warming may have other contributing causes, the need to change from our environmentally unsustainable path is pressing. Lastly, a review of fear-peddling over H1N1, and the wisdom of stocking and producing your own food.

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Obama Hamstrung
AIG bonus scandal unfolding into a major political liability. Former CEO of the NY Fed, Geithner is representing the bankers' interests. No solution can be devised within the system by those responsible for its failure.

Monday, February 23, 2009
Problems no bailout can solve
De-regulated, our credit money system has fostered too much debt. Out of fear, taxpayers have been forced to subsidize the ongoing deterioration instead of letting firms seek bankruptcy. People responsible for solution part of cause.

Saturday, December 13, 2008
Solution to credit crisis masks massive corporate giveaway

Monday, November 3, 2008
State capitalism fails
Socialism already here.

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Birth of the Bailout State
(1 comments) Bigger government won't solve credit crisis.

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