thependulumswings

Yesterday’s consumer price index(CPI) bolted across 4%. The stock market didn’t like that one little bit.   It’s due in part to surging gasoline prices.  The national average for a gallon crossed $3.00 this week. Of course, this isn’t the real news on either coast. On the east coast, there is a shortage. Colonial Pipeline was …

Why can’t we have one thing without the other?  It’s because today’s society says we can’t. Any moment that could be viewed as a good one is torn down by the other side because someone a) unfairly benefited, b) has white privilege, c) it’s the good old boys again, etc, etc. This time as the …

People the world over ask BBR daily what is the real purpose of its burgeoning business.  The answer is, and always has been simple.  BBR is in the “solutions” business. Add in a touch of Rasmussen, who is in the polling business, and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) who owns a football factory or fourteen and, …

Question.  Is the political pendulum swinging again?  Answer.  The political pendulum is always swinging.  It’s just a matter of its direction. Overlooked to some degree in the furor surrounding the defeat of Trump and the Senate runoffs was the ground that the Republicans gained as the 117th Congress (January 2021) took their seats in the …

The words “franchise” and “quarterback” go together in the NFL like “hammer” and “nail” do in the construction business. Every team has a quarterback or three.  But, not every team has what anyone will tell you is the most important piece to success- a franchise quarterback.  A deep playoff run, much less a Super Bowl …

Does it frighten you to look into the back of your refrigerator from time to time and grimace at a plastic container of leftovers that you had no idea were still north of the disposal?  We understand.  Sometimes one of our staffers has the same problem with some very random nuggets rolling around in the …

Derek Chauvin got what he deserved. He got a fair trial by a jury of his peers overseen by what seemed to be a very even-keeled judge all the while represented by a competent defense attorney. George Floyd’s family and all of America got what it deserved- a guilty verdict on all three counts brought …

If there was ever a debate about which amendment in the Bill of Rights was most important the point would be made. Debating is free speech.  And free speech is the most prominent part of the First Amendment.  Case closed. But, alas, the case against Minnesota policeman Derick Chauvin isn’t yet closed.  It’s gone to …

It’s fact-check time.  It’s truth serum time.  It’s an attempt at sanity in these insane times.  And, it starts now. Are you for or against packing the U.S. Supreme Court?  Currently, nine justices preside.  The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives is champing at the bit to pack the court with four new appointees …

Guess who’s coming to dinner? Well, the answer depends if you are talking about short-term or long-term. In the short run, it should be your family and close friends. In the long run, it could be your new neighbors. Should be, we said, family and friends in the short term.  But, the honorable Dr. Fauci …