Free markets are very good at helping the economy function efficiently; when prices rise, profit seekers are attracted to that sector and try to cash in on the profit potential by creating supply, helping society allocate resources where the demand is. With the creation of the internet and ...
“I can say with almost certainty that cryptocurrency will come to a bad ending.”-- Warren Buffet Recently, my commentary discussed the need to improve financial literacy in America. This week, I will provide some basic information on a type of investment that only a few short years ago ...
Until 1957, when my grandmother passed away, my brother and I shared a bedroom. We shared the same antique bed where my grandparents' eight children were conceived and born. Thank goodness no one ever told us that when we were kids. The heat for our house came from one of those old ...
"Here it is Christmas Day," my future father-in-law wrote his family in Uniontown in the middle of World War II. Corporal Bob Reynolds was stationed "Somewhere in India" with the 25th Field Hospital, U.S. Army. "In a couple of hours," Bob wrote, "it will all be over: My first Christmas ...
In many respects 2024 has not been a year that will foster many fond memories. Two major wars continue to rage, one in the Middle East and the other in Eastern Europe. Natural disasters, both domestically and abroad, destroyed thousands of lives. Around the world, liberal democracies were ...
In western Pennsylvania, oil and gas companies are everywhere. They sponsored STEM events at my middle school. I passed several fracking pads on my drive to high school. I know many people who feel deep pride in the good these companies have done for the economy. As an environmental ...
