With the US immersed in one of its weekly presidential elections – they seem to be that frequent – nothing substantial can be done about our malaise. No one wants to do anything for fear of inciting a tsunami of attack ads, venomous deformations of the truth, and contorted definitions of what is actually going […]

Remember the doggie paddle? That’s what the economy’s doing. Lots of effort. Lots of splashing about. Even more huffing and puffing. All to little or no avail. We’re going nowhere. And we’re not going there very quickly. On Tuesday we learned from the Institute for Supply Management that the manufacturing sector has lost momentum. Less […]