Consumer Panic/Insanity

And we were worried about a run on the banks. A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and…

On Friedrich Engels

A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of communism. So starts one of the most important and powerful literary works in human history. On this day in 1820 one…

Joke of the Day

The following joke is adapted from a popular joke told during the Great Depression. President Bush and Secretary Paulson were walking down the street the other day discussing the current…

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and readers out there.  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, so I won't give your politically correct history about Pilgrims killing Indians or the wholesale…

On Bank Robbers

Born in the hardscrabble Chicago Stockyard district at the turn of the century, Lester Gillis emerged  as one of the America's most notorious bank robbers and cold-hearted killers. By the…