By Sean Dempsey, 3/19/25 This is a response to Max Baecker’s terribly misguided recent piece in Forbes. The Real Cause of Rising Commodity Prices: Inflation, Not a Bubble The surge in commodity prices today is not the result of a speculative bubble but rather a direct consequence of inflation caused by a massive expansion of […]
What are memes? Urban Dictionary calls them “Popular quotes, images, and real people, which are copied, imitated, and spread all over the Internet(s)!” Interestingly enough, it neglects to mention that those quotes are generally made up, in order to emphasize a humorous or political point that contrasts with or embellishes the image they’re blazoned across. […]
By Sean Dempsey, 6/5/24 For ol’ Truth, you ask, with misty eye?No, I’m afraid he’s gone today.Left out those doors and not seen since—Though I long begged him to stay. His words ignored, his children bored;Unloved, he took his leave;His songs unsung for many years,His proverbs not believed. Ah, but he left behind a note […]
