by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 29, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Earlier this month, Trump slipped a dagger between the ribs of the stock market, a market that had been riding high since his election, by confirming fears of a trade war with China. The market reacted as expected. A week ago, he signed the “omnibus”...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 23, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Another day, another grotesque, bloated, pork-laden omnibus spending bill, passed in the looming shadow of a government shut-down. A bill so long and convoluted and presented so close to deadline that no one even had a chance to read it all (Senator Rand Paul tried)....
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 23, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
Or – Never Get Involved In a Trade War With China In what could only have been predicted by… anybody, the stock market took a dump in response to Trump’s announcement of $60B worth of tariffs on Chinese goods, and the resultant fears of a brewing...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 15, 2018 | Health, Opinion, Politics
Liberty lovers found a kernel of positivity in Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address in his support for legislation allowing terminally ill patients the “right to try” experimental treatments. The embedded principle is controversial (obviously,...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 4, 2018 | Economics, Opinion, Politics
A week or so after Trump’s election, I wrote a list of hopes and fears for his presidency. Of the dozen hopes I listed, Trump actually managed to fulfill six and initiate two more in his first year. On the fears side, he didn’t “succeed” in...
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