This blogaroo will turn 20 on September 5. I’d been thinking about calling it quits then, but I’ve decided to keep going until Trump is out of office. Whether or not he has served out his full second term.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
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Over at News From Mark Evanier, he’s been talking about the soon to end Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
The New York Times — for those of you who can pass beyond its paywall — has an interview with David Letterman about the end of The Late Show and this essay by critic Jason Zinoman about what it all means to us.
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Here’s the Letterman interview:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/arts/television/david-letterman-stephen-colbert-the-late-show-cbs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.9HWa.Q4Wa9-umbW4Q&smid=url-share
The Zinoman essay:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/arts/television/stephen-colbert-the-late-show-carson-letterman-leno.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.SPFI.jUV67jIQBu1P&smid=url-share
Explaining Yesterday’s Posts
- I would have said Austan Goolsbee is my pick for Fed Chairman, but he didn’t vote in dissent of the “easing bias.” Neel Kashkari did, so I went with him.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/fed-interest-rate-decision-april-2026.html
- Yes, I posted about Star Trek on Star Wars Day. Ha! So there!
- Can’t do any scanning until I get that new all-in-one printer!
My Vote for Fed Head
Trump has a single view of interest rates, and that’s to lower them. As if doing that would return us to the era of free money without inflation. Neel Kashkari explains why he sees the possibility that rates will need to be raised again.
I will point out that I haven’t been comfortable with every view that Kashkari has ever expressed.
Crypto Corner
What do I have in common with Donald Trump and actor Ben McKenzie? We each have a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
Trump originally called cryptocurrency a scam. But now, in his second term, he’s been cashing in on the scam. Neither McKenzie nor I have budged from our negative view of crypto, staying in agreement with the far better educated Paul Krugman.
Pointless Check Point
All claims of taking their jobs seriously cannot be taken seriously.