The Return of the Curmudgeon

The curmudgeon is back, but not nearly as curmudgeonly - at least where the economy is concerned - as I was when I started this blog.  I'll let that story unfold in future posts.

As always, I will focus on speaking economic truth, because it's in short supply.  I find that understanding of economics is woefully lacking, including among some economists, as I've noted before.  And now more than ever, if you're getting your economic education from the media, you're only making matters worse in terms of your economic literacy.

I will also, as before, delve into politics, in part because economics and politics are bedfellows, and sometimes strange ones.

So a disclaimer is in order.  One, I'm not partisan.  In fact, I detest partisanship.  I'm a registered Independent, but have been registered in the past with both major parties, and voted across party lines when I was.  I do, however, lean conservative, especially on fiscal matters.

Two, I didn't vote for Donald Trump in the recent presidential election (I'll state why in an upcoming post).  Nor did I vote for Hillary Clinton (I'll address that too).  I wrote in the name of a third-party candidate who wasn't on the Kansas ballot, Evan McMullin.

So I'm likely to be an equal opportunity offender.  That's okay with me; at my age I've figured out that you can't make everyone happy, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.

If you are partisan, you probably don't want to read this blog.  But if you're open to civil discourse and witty repartee, I encourage you to visit, and even to chime in with comments or questions - but again, only if they're civil.  If you can't be civil, and refuse to hear a viewpoint that differs from your own, you're part of the problem, and should probably be reading Drudge or Occupy Democrats.  That will feed your bias, and prevent you from being exposed to the views of those who may think differently.

The next several posts will, in fact, likely be related more to politics than economics, because of the time we're in.  I've had a lot on my mind about recent happenings, so I've got a few particular posts teed up.  Stay tuned.

If you're new here, welcome, and if you followed before, welcome back (and sorry for the hiatus).  Here we go ...