November 26, 20150Comments

Expect to Pay Less: Web entrepreneurs say we’re getting soaked

More and more investors seek bargains; they look for things on the cheap. Indeed, individual investors increasingly turn their backs on Wall Street and its often outrageous products. They buy low

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

November 23, 20150Comments

The Failures of a “Government Enterprise” A periodic series on government trying to run businesses at GregoryBresiger.com

The Anniversary No One Celebrates in New York: Generations of Transit Disaster----the New York City Subways, Part 2. The subways weren’t always a mess. But certainly the system, which began in

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory on History

November 16, 20150Comments

Still Another Massacre in France: Is the West ready to defend its values?

The disastrous first World War---what was once called “the Great War” until an even bigger one 25 years later---gutted Europe and made the tyranny of Communism and Fascism possible in

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

November 13, 20150Comments

The Failures of a “Government Enterprise” A periodic series on government trying to run businesses at GregoryBresiger.com

The Anniversary No One Celebrates in New York: Generations of Transit Disaster----the New York City Subways, Part 1. The New York City Subways are a mess. That’s led to persistent rider

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

November 8, 20150Comments

Don’t Worry, Everything Is Still OK in Queens County, New York: District attorney re-elected though almost no one voted or cared.

Queens County Richard A. Brown, a lifetime Democrat, cruised to victory a few days ago in a farcical election in which he had the support of almost every major party.

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

November 3, 20150Comments

The Circus Returns to Queens: Another farce of an election here in Queens. Can someone, almost anyone, please run for district attorney in a county of some two million people?

Many elections in the United States are often a joke disguised as a coronation. I went to a coronation this morning. It was a laugh-a-minute session in which so few

by Gregory Bresiger