Gary, Indiana needs a renaissance. Since its peak around 1960, the number of people calling Gary their “home sweet home” has declined by over 50%, from 178,320 to 80,294 in the most recent census. Like many Rust Belt cities, Gary grew into...
February 3, 2012 7:10 pm / 2 comments
As Thanksgiving approaches, the minds of Americans turn to thoughts of turkey, family, football, and the crippling national debt. While Europe continues to have its goose cooked, a secretive congressional “super-committee” (composed chiefly...
November 14, 2011 10:50 pm / 4 comments
Globalization does have its limits. Although it is too early to call it a trend, many American manufacturers have begun to return some of their production from overseas in a process known as “reshoring”. Notable companies planning reshoring...
October 21, 2011 7:37 pm / 6 comments
The current presidential campaign is, and of right ought to be, focused almost entirely on the economy. With the exception of ongoing debates about immigration and international trade policy, most of the soundbites and stump speeches have tended...
October 9, 2011 5:39 pm / 2 comments
For the past 8 years, Muammar Qaddafi thought himself successfully rehabilitated. He had reset his relationships with the West, leaving him comfortably without enemies and invulnerable to West-approved regime change. Though his Libyan regime...
September 20, 2011 11:03 pm / 1 comment