Cleveland Plain Dealer May 12, 2021 When a defeated Britain ceded the Northwest Territory to America in 1783, it opened Ohio to settlement by Revolutionary War soldiers and their familes. https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/05/when-ohio-was-the-promised-land-for-revolutionary-war-veterans-barry-d-wood.html Continue reading Ohio Was a Promised Land for Revolutionary War Veterans
RTHK Hong Kong Money Talk May 11, 2021 With the monetary and fiscal spigots wide open, it’s no surprise that commodity price rises are signaling US inflation well in excess of the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. With Hong Kong analysts Stewart Aldcroft and Andrew Freris, Barry argues there is growing evidence that the US economy is over stimulated. Listen here Continue reading Inflation is Coming to the USA
Chandler, AZ May 7, 2021 Continue reading Riding With Waymo
On the morning of Monday May 3d several hundred of us from Michigan attempted to march from Rock Creek Parkway along Virginia Avenue to Washington Circle. Our target, tactical manual site 13, was Washington Circle where we planned to disrupt traffic and “prevent the war makers” from getting to work. Things started badly. A contingent of blue uniformed, white helmeted DC police was waiting. Truncheons raised, … Continue reading Reflecting on May Day 1971
MESA, ARIZONA: Just before travelling to Arizona last week, a friend told me the story of his adult son who had moved with his wife and their daughter to the Carolinas. The son had taken a job in a new factory making appliances, mostly for the domestic market. He’s happy with his new situation but less so with the daughter and her boyfriend. Like most Americans who filed … Continue reading A Tale of Two Stimulus Checks
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