Author: Richard A Reagan

One of the characteristics of the dotcom bubble in the late ‘90s and early 2000s was the absurd overvaluation of numerous tech companies that weren’t making money and that had no plan to make money. Perhaps the best known example of that was Pets.com, which sought to gain market share by selling pet food and […]

There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth last month as Californians in the San Francisco Bay area had to withstand days of electrical blackouts. Northern California utility Pacific Gas & Electricity (PG&E) shut off distribution to hundreds of thousands of households in an attempt to forestall the possibility of wildfires. PG&E power cables had […]

It seems as though there is no limit as to what Democrats will spend taxpayer money on. As if it weren’t bad enough already that the federal government is $23 trillion in debt, Democrats want to keep spending as if that debt didn’t exist. And the things they want to spend that money on sometimes […]

More and more is being written today about how millennials are different from the generations before them. But while much of the focus is on millennials’ different spending patterns, work ethic, or consumer choices, an increasing amount of focus is on millennials’ financial well-being. For the first time since the Great Depression or, according to […]

It seems that according to Democrats, everyone who opposes Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, or anyone else in the Democratic establishment is a Russian agent. So if you voted for President Trump you’re obviously one of Vladimir Putin’s sleeper cell agents, or you’re on Putin’s payroll, or maybe you just got fooled by Russian propaganda, i.e. […]

One of the most disappointing aspects of President Trump’s tenure has been the poor personnel choices he has made. Whether that’s in the form of hiring staff who completely contradict his stated views, such as former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, or staff who actively look to stymie him, such as former chief of staff John […]

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. We’ve all heard that little rhyme from the time we were young, yet many of us fall into the habit of staying up late, sleeping in, and getting our body clocks out of rhythm. Could that be the cause of many of […]

One of the dangerous things about any sort of revolution is that they have a disturbing tendency to spiral out of control. The French Revolution was a particularly strong example of that, as it became ever more radical and ever more violent. By the time it concluded, numerous former radicals had been executed or assassinated […]

Electricity has been a godsend for modern man, allowing most of the creature comforts that we take for granted. It has liberated us from having to limit our activity to those hours illuminated by the sun, enabling people to see 24 hours a day if they want to. But in the event of a major […]

As the trade war with China heats up, relations with China are deteriorating in a whole bunch of different areas. Recent actions by both China and the United States have made it clear that the relationship between the two countries won’t be warming up anytime soon. By now most people are aware of the dust-up […]