Trump Slump

Economy Tarriffs Trump

            Calgary           Trump’s first one-hundred days are almost off the calendar, and, there’s no question, he’s breaking records and making history.  Most of it are not the things that would normally be what would make a president proud. His popularity has fallen faster than ever than his predecessors in this normally honeymoon period.  The stock …

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ALICE at the Pawnshop

Economy

            New Orleans      Not sure why, but every once in a while, our faithful newspaper home delivery carrier drops off a USA Today.  It’s easy to forget that paper even exists except when you see if for free on hotel counters or somewhere, but I guess some people subscribe.  I think she’s just comping …

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Cleveland Loves Recovery Money

Economy

            Cleveland        Finding ourselves in Cleveland after meetings on the Voter Purge Project near Columbus and an ACORN training session with the Anthropocene Alliance, we looked up one of our former community organizers, Kris Harsh, to find out his perspective on Cleveland these days.  We met a local watering hole right across the street from …

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