Jim Overmyer

(Economic recession graph from TuftsDaily.com, via Advantus Media Inc.) Dear Readers, you may be getting weary of these periodic looks at what we fear is the pending disaster of the Trump-Ciscomani economy. The first named has made bad times happen; the latter has tagged along like a good little puppy. We’re a little tired, too, … Read more

(Photo credits: TheHill.com and Arizona Daily Star) In 1814 the US government fled Washington, DC, while the British Army sacked and burned the buildings of the nation’s capital. President James Madison, congressmen, and the other leaders soon returned, however, and took steps to end the War of 1812. From an overall viewpoint, the war was … Read more

Photo source: William Hancock blog at Substack.com             A major theme in the United States, that of “affordability,” the chances of the average American coping with rising prices, is being overwhelmed by the attention to the misbegotten Iran War. (We call it “Donald, Pete and Juan’s War” after the impulsive but confused president who started … Read more

Photo source: Reddit.com             The campaign season is on. One indication is the sudden growth of candidate signs on Tucson street corners, including a wave of three-foot tall blue ones for Juan Ciscomani. Advertising is good for the subject of the ad, right? Well, maybe not so much, if you’re Juan Ciscomani, the endangered congressman … Read more

Pete Hegseth and Juan Ciscomani are buddies. But GasBuddy is not their buddy.     We were going to write about Affordability, the mid-term election topic important to voters. But it turns out, one can’t write about Affordability without first addressing the Iran War. We call it Donald, Pete, and Juan’s War because Donald Trump mindlessly … Read more