Paul Dykewicz
Can Coalition Stop Sadistic Islamic State Terrorists and Their Ransom-Aided Economy?
The burning alive of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic State terrorists appears to have served as a wake-up call for countries around the world to strengthen the 60-nation coalition formed to stop the sadistic Middle Eastern outlaws who now control one-third of Iraq and Syria. The gruesome, videotaped immolation of the Muslim pilot shows the […]
Valuation of Notre Dame Football Program Rivals Top State Universities
The University of Notre Dame may have been one the biggest financial winners of the just-completed college football season, even though the private Catholic institution did not make the inaugural four-team playoff that featured big state universities.
O.J. Simpson’s Public Failings Show the Risk of Investing in Collectibles
The marketing campaign that claims “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” proved true in the case of O.J. Simpson, whose use of guns and accomplices at a casino hotel to help him retrieve collectibles he alleged were stolen from him not only put him in prison but damaged the value of those coveted items.
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Russia’s Putin Is Erecting Economic Barriers with the West
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin brazenly used his Dec. 4 speech to his nation’s parliament and government ministers to blame the West for the fallout from his choices to intervene militarily against neighboring Ukraine, to precipitate a humanitarian crisis in Crimea and to clash with his nation’s trade partners.
Will President Obama’s Immigration Policy Hurt America’s Unemployed?
President Barack Obama tried to put a positive spin on his decision to issue an executive order to give several million illegal aliens clemency but his move also may have an unintended consequence of creating heightened job competition for America’s unemployed.
U.S. Economic Activity Jumps Sharply in Second Quarter 2014
Gross Output (GO), a broadened measure of U.S. economic activity, advanced to nearly $30.9 trillion in the second quarter of 2014, a 4.8% annualized jump in real terms, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported today.