Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was very clear in her message to America’s community and independent banks last week: Drop Dead.
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The Environmental Hazards of Electric Vehicles
The mounting evidence that electric vehicles will cause severe environmental damage and growing indications that Ford Motor Co. regards Michiganders as fools.
When U.S. Bankers Commanded Respect
What ultimately destroyed Silicon Valley Bank were the pillars of America’s mega-rich venture capital community who chose to torch the place. There was a time when America’s banks and bankers were the pillars of their communities.
Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie & Honda
What patriotic Americans should know about Honda.
Elon Musk: The Climate Emperor Has No Clothes
Elon Musk claims to be an environmentalist. But faced with a choice to maximize Tesla’s profits or causing potential harm to the environment, Musk opts for the money.
The Blood-Stained Ledgers of America’s CEOs
Bloomberg reported today that more than six months before February’s toxic train derailment, a union representing Norfolk Southern Corp. employees in Ohio warned federal regulators that the railroad repeatedly disregarded its own safety rules for screening trains.
Here’s why U.S. corporations knowingly putting the public at risk is a “Dog Bites Man” story.
Michigan: China’s Strategic Gateway to America
Reading up on the Michigan communities Ford and GM plan to grace with their EV battery plants, I’ve come to appreciate and fear the brilliance of communist China’s leadership and feel for the thousands of Michiganders of modest economic means who have effectively been disenfranchised.
The Inhumanity of Corporate America
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” Shakespeare famously said. If Shakespeare worked in Corporate America today, he’d add HR and PR people to his hit list.
Why Tree Huggers Must Save Marshall, MI
Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup is an affront to environmentalists and the people of Marshall, MI shouldn’t be forced to give up farmland to help build it, particularly as the vehicle is useless for anyone genuinely requiring a pickup truck.
Some thoughts on how the more than $1 billion in subsidies Michigan plans to give Ford to build an electric battery plant could be better used elsewhere.
Why China Helped Elect Justin Trudeau
Some thoughts on reports that China interfered in Canada’s election and worked to elect Justin Trudeau, Palo Alto is officially America’s EV Motor City, more bad press for Ford’s Jim Farley, and a heart-breaking feature about the closing of the oldest Starbucks in Detroit.