My Desultory Blog

RichC | July 6, 2022

Winslow Homer’s 1899 painting “The Gulf Stream” (“reworked in 1906’) is a much-celebrated work of art for a variety of reasons, but appeals to me due to the ocean scene and dismasted sailboat, as do his other Atlantic scene paintings. This one has seen renewed interest likely because of our current “turbulent times” … politically. […]

Category: Art, Human Interest, Politics | No Comments »
Tags: Art, commentary, crosscurrents, csmonitor, metropolitan, new york, painting, the gulf stream, winslow homer

RichC | February 11, 2022

It is pretty obvious to most consumers that even with years of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates low, printing money and Congress spending, inflation remained in check at under 2%. Unfortunately after the last round of easy money policies during the pandemic, business shutdowns and government giving away money, this is no longer true. […]

Category: Financial, History, News, Politics | No Comments »
Tags: barrons, commentary, economists, economy, federal reserve, History, inflation, part 1, recession

RichC | March 16, 2021

Support for socialism has been on the rise in America as I have previously noted and according to trend we have seen and the acceptable rhetoric/terms politicians have been willing to adopt this past decade. Liberals, who now prefer the “progressive” label, have decidedly shifted from resisting the status quo, traditional “right and wrong” norms, […]

Category: Education, History, Politics | No Comments »
Tags: capitalism, commentary, conservatives, debate, democracy, democrats, Education, freedom, hillsdale, liberalism, opinion, Politics, progressives, Republicans, socialism

RichC | November 10, 2020

It has been a long week since the 2020 Presidential Election and I haven’t posted or commented on the vote or “media reported results” regarding several projections as to Joe Biden being our president-elect. For me, the tabulation of votes in key swing states is very close and legitimately contested based on several questionable issues […]

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Tags: commentary, corruption, donald trump, election, election2020, fraud, joe biden, law, News, opinion, Politics, president, presidential, supreme court

RichC | January 1, 2017

Much has been made of the death of diesel after the VW cheating scandal … but there is still room for debate and a need for diesel vehicles – innovation benefits diesel as well as EVs. Electricity has potential in passenger vehicles, but in its current state of innovation, it falls short to the Diesel […]

Category: Automotive, Biodiesel, Diesel | No Comments »
Tags: blog, cars, commentary, diesel, trucks, vehicles

RichC | May 19, 2010

Yesterday’s repost concerning illegal immigration triggered a comment from a regular reader concerning his thoughts on drugs. His contention is that the narcotic trade significantly contributes to the more serious criminal activity on the US/Mexican border and throughout the country as it relates to the illegal alien population, and that if we would “legalize the […]

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Tags: alien, commentary, comments, illegal, immigration, krauthammer, opinion, Politics