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A few other bloggers have already used this infamous line, so I'm really stealing it here. But given the circumstances, it's so good and no other phrase can sum up what we've witnessed as a nation and electorate the past few weeks: "There are decades ...

I don't think you could have asked for a better, more compelling Olympics. By my math - and please correct me if I'm wrong - we tied with China for most Golds and easily cruised to the highest medal count. I was on pins and needles about whether Beijing would outd...

DoubleLine Founder Jeffrey Gundlach: "Ignore the spinmeisters; respect the bloodless verdict of the market. The announcement today, simultaneously proposing subsidies requiring more debt/money printing *and* price controls on food (soon to be other things), instantly pr...

Markets remain jittery. Moves overdone in either direction at the slightest indication of favorable or unfavorable news. Today, for example. Retail sales beat to the upside but still wasn't a gangbuster number - up only 1% month over month - yet stocks went...

It's politics season so we read about lots of ideas that exist just to juice up supporters but will, realistically, never see the light of day. A few days ago, POTUS called for SCOTUS term limits. Creadon Verdict? Nope. Not gonna happen. Nor should it. But age lim...

NASA's Perseverance rover, exploring the Martian surface, has come across something very exciting - a possible clue pointing towards ancient life on Mars.  Katie Stack Morgan, a leading scientist on the Perseverance project, explains that although this finding ...

Who's winning the Super Bowl this season? All together now: "Da Bears". Truly, it never gets old. The city is gaga over the franchise's new rookie QB from USC: Caleb Williams. We're 3-0, in the preseason, and all you see when...

I take back everything I said about Steph and our guard play. In one of the most thrilling international men's basketball games in modern history, the USA rallied from down 17 to defeat a phenomenal Serbian team and now advances to the Gold-Medal round against host natio...

XRP, née Ripple, surged 20% after a judge said a $125 million fine would suffice relative to the billion dollars the SEC was seeking. Hooray, I guess? I'm not an XRP guy and I'm also not an anti-XRP guy, either. I have no position or strongly hel...

When you're on a team, you answer the call of your head coach. The league commissioner of North Side Youth Football in Chicago, Mike Lohman, asked all the families to see if they could find a few more bantamweight players so they could have enough players to field a team...

COVID-19 made companies everywhere change how they run, especially with hiring. Before the virus, jobs were usually in-office, and potential employees were met face-to-face.  Now, there's more focus on working from home, being fair to everyone, and using tech...

The advancements in wearable health technologies have transformed the way we monitor and manage our well-being. These innovative devices have made it possible to track vital signs, detect health issues early, and provide hyper-personalized health insights without the need ...