June 1, 20170Comments

Memorial Day—-A Dissenting View, Part 1: Honor the heroes, but also examine the causes of war

Here in the United States we have just celebrated Memorial Day, a day when we justly honor the men and women who fought in our myriad wars. And today in

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory on Books

May 12, 20170Comments

WHAT I’M READING: Bottleneckers: Gaming the Government for Power and Private Profit

By William Mellor and Dick Carpenter II, (Encounter Books, New York, 355 pages, $27.99) Private monopolies, when firms combine to try to rig markets through cartels, have been a concern of

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory On...

May 1, 20170Comments

Mainstream Media Mediocrity: A Profile of NBC Nightly News—-Lying Brian Williams and a Clinton, outrageously overpaid, on the payroll. Part 2

The nonsense of NBC Nightly News---one of the most influential mainstream media institutions---has been going on for years. For instance, several years ago, they had to dump their anchor Brian

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory On...

May 1, 20170Comments

Mainstream Media Mediocrity: A Profile of NBC Nightly News No bureau in Paris? Or Caracas? Or God knows where else? Part I

Tens of millions of Americans exclusively depend on network television news in how they view the world. And, given the superficial, biased nature of much of NBC News, that is

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory on History

March 12, 20170Comments

Bad History on Broadway and Elsewhere: Hollywood and Broadway don’t “do” history very well. Be careful where you get your history. Avoid movie and play “history (sic)”

Where you get your history does matter. It matters a lot. This was brought home to me about 20 years ago. A copy editor named Jeff was reviewing my story

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory On...

February 13, 20170Comments

MoneySense: Common-Sense Approaches on How to Save, Invest and Achieve Long-Term Goals

(Note to Readers of Gregory Bresiger.com: The philosophy of this blog is the idea of smart money management; of avoiding many of the mistakes that can ruin a person’s life.

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