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WAS THE UNITED STATES ENGAGED IN WORLD WAR II BEFORE THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?

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On December 7, 1941, U.S. naval and military bases at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii were attacked by Japanese Naval and Air Forces.  The next day, Congress declared war, sending the U.S. headlong into World War II.  But was the United States virtually at war before the attack? Neutrality Zone:  Although hostilities were taking place […]

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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY?

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The hydrogen economy is one of the best kept secrets of today’s climate change movement.  There are current uses for hydrogen and numerous future prospects, but it will take some technological improvements to put hydrogen as an energy source into the four corners of the economy. The question then becomes, what is the hydrogen economy,

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TIME: THE FORGOTTEN DIMENSION OF INVESTING

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All investments, big or small, have three structural components:  the amount of money invested, the expected rate of return, and the time or duration of the investment.  Many investors, especially smaller, private ones, are familiar with the first two components, but don’t pay that much attention to the third one. The Time Value of Money: 

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WHAT’S BEHIND THE SUPPLY CHAIN BACKLOG?

2 Comments / Economics, Investing, Stock Markets, World Events /

The supply chains in the U.S. are clogged with merchandise enroute from foreign manufacturers to domestic distributors and retailers.  The consequences of this include record-breaking shipping rates, long queues of vessels that must wait over a week to reach a berth in U.S. ports, and logjams at railroad yards.  Most of these issues pertain to

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HOW DID THE SUPREME COURT GET SET TO NINE JUSTICES?

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The United States Supreme Court has nine justices—one chief justice and eight associate justices.  It was created by Article III of the U.S. Constitution that organized the judicial power of the Federal Government into “one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” However, Article

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CAN CITY CENTERS RECAPTURE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY?

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As the Covid-19 pandemic slowly retreats, will the economies the major cities of developed nations in particular return to their pre-pandemic ways?  Will the wave of telecommuting continue and even increase in scope?  The answers will take substantial time to be realized, but there are signs of change that could become permanent. Exodus From Urban

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THE UNSUNG HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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When the words “American Revolution” come to mind, so do the names of the major heroes of the time—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Thomas Paine, and so on. But there are many other participants who played very significant roles in the revolution who history has nearly forgotten.  One such revolutionary was Robert Morris Jr.,

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