According to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) there were roughly 16.5 million workers in the United States in 2017 who either had contingent work
arrangements – work engagements that were strictly temporary – or those who had
alternative work arrangements. Read More…

Editor’s note: A benefactor to a local opera house pledges a seven-figure donation over four years only to find that the head of the opera insists on the entire donation be made in one shot right then and there. Wisely, the donor ignores the strong-armed tactic and walks away leaving the charity empty handed. Read More…

Editor’s note: The service economy of Greece accounts for roughly 80% of GDP. So, one would think that with so much
riding on this crucial sector of the economy that the nation would excel in its
delivery of service. Alas, that is not the case. Service across the board in
key industries, from energy, to telecommunications; from transportation, to
tourism is mediocre at best. Read More…

Economic primacy might be measured along many fronts –
income per capita, rate of growth, productivity, foreign exchange reserves, among
others – but if one looks at Gross Domestic Product (GDP), perhaps the coarsest
measure of a nation’s economic well-being, then the United States has lost its economic primacy to China.

America’s economic primacy is pretty much behind us. Read More…

Editor’s note: The current demagoguery in the hands of globalists takes the ugly form that a citizen who believes in national borders and national priorities cannot be a good citizen – that he is a fascist some claim. We need to be reminded that the American revolution was a nationalist uprising which few would call fascist. Read More…