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Shepard Smith Fox News, Studio B Dear Shepard, When you discussed government regulation with Gerri Willis (on Tuesday at approx: 2:30 PM in Oxford) and noted that there are more government regulations than words in the English language, you implied a… more »

For a few quick thoughts on tonight's IPO of Government Motors, please see my blog note for the American Spectator: http://spectator.org/blog/2010/11/17/gm-ipo-to-price-tonight more »

Yesterday, the stock market and almost all commodities got smashed along with a rise in the US dollar following confusion about whether Ireland would or would not accept some form of bailout from the EU. It's a replay in many important ways of the situ… more »

Three different people have e-mailed me this video in the last few hours.  You have to love it when a discussion of monetary policy and the Fed goes viral.  That's when you know that the Fed has some serious credibility problems.  And, unlike with Congre… more »

Over the last several days since the Fed announced the start of and actually began its monthly reckless printing of tens of billions of dollars through its second quantitative easing program of this economic downturn, the market has been decidedly uni… more »

The stock market had a massive rally yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up over 200 points and the S&P 500 up better than 22 points.  (The Nasdaq, while still up big, was a relative laggard in percentage terms.) But before we start wi… more »

Thanks to Mike R. for sending the Daily Caller article along. Joseph Tauke's article for the Daily Caller examining foreclosure fraud around the nation is a shocking wake-up call, a look beyond just one or two worst-case anecdotes into the disgusting b… more »

Yesterday, the National Association of Realtors reported a record month-over-month drop in existing home sales.  It shouldn't have surprised anyone. Please read my article on the subject at the American Spectator web site: http://spectator.org/archiv… more »

Goverment Motors, formerly General Motors, is reportedly planning the second-biggest IPO in history, looking to raise up to $16 billion by selling about one fifth of the government's stake, bringing total government ownership under 50%, according to a Th… more »

On the heels of slightly weak data from China and Japan and England, and a huge jump in the US trade deficit, stock index futures are getting slammed this morning, with S&P 500 futures down almost 18 points, or 1.6%, and Dow Jones Industrial Average… more »