European Fashionistas Have A Problem European Union regulators have a plan to put “fast fashion out of fashion by 2030”. The only clothing allowed to be sold in the 27 member states must be “long-lived and recyclable, to a great extent made of recycled fibers.” Because it is difficult to recycle garments made with several […]
When Is A Label Misleading But Legal? “Health, Climate, Tax Bill Signed” headlines The Wall Street Journal over a picture of a masked President Biden watching a fist-pumping, grinning Senator Majority leader Chuck Schumer. The bill referred to is the Inflation Reduction Act, so named to suggest it is aimed at reducing inflation, which it […]
Warren Buffett long ago noted, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” And the tide seems to be going out. GDP, declined at an annual rate of 1.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year. Consumer sentiment is at the lowest level since records were first kept […]
Joe Biden is a Democrat. Elon Musk is a Republican. Joe Biden believes trade unions built the middle class. Elon Musk runs a 110,000-employee company that does not recognize trade unions. Joe Biden believes he has built a strong, resilient American economy capable of withstanding the Fed’s monetary tightening. Elon Musk has a “super bad […]
CEO pay packages reached a record last year. Pay jumped by 12 percent for most CEOs to a median average of $14.7 million. Investors voted to disapprove of the pay packages of some 20 top executives. Among the disapproved was the decision by the board of JPMorgan Chase to add a $50 million retention bonus […]
When Hunter Biden joined his father on Air Force One for a 14-hour flight to Beijing, father and son never discussed Hunter’s business affairs in China. So say they both. It has long been a liberal/left position that corporations should not be allowed to contribute to political parties. “America faces a crisis of corporate capture […]
Business schools at major universities such as Harvard are adding a new course to their curricula. MBA students are clamoring for acceptance to these over-subscribed keys to managerial success. Managing happiness, relationships and work-life-balance are taught at Harvard to the 180 students who have been lucky enough to make it into the 7-week half-credit course […]
Wither Patriotism Admiration for Volodymyr Zelenky is one of the few bipartisan features of American political life. That agreement, unfortunately, would not extend to a unified reaction to a similar assault on America. A Quinnipiac poll found that 52% of Democrats would leave the country rather than stay and fight, while only “a pathetic 40 […]
It has not been a good week for the future of American politics. First, the largest gathering of Republican conservatives voted overwhelmingly to have Donald Trump lead the party into combat in 2024. Then, President Joe Biden used his State of the Union Address to ask congress to pass his Left’s laundry list of items […]
Note: At this writing negotiations are underway between Ukraine and Russia to find a way to end this war. A flustered Putin has yet to unleash a full-throated attack on Ukraine, which he still might do, unless a face-saving exit can be arranged. After the shock of his invasion of Ukraine caused a massive share […]