Fundamentalism
There has been a lot of push back against Islamic fundamentalism worldwide and it is about time. But fundamentalism needs to be looked at based on how fundamentalists treat or mistreat their own people. That keeps the conversation apples to apples and more objective. Islamic countries are rife with autocracy, severe gender discrimination, torture, and murder in the name of Islamic justice. In this regard, all those Islamic sympathizers in the west need to focus on fixing that elephant in the room before they feign righteous indignation upon non-Muslim countries for relatively fewer incidences.
In Birmingham, England there are Muslim communities that impose “voluntary” community laws. Why? Especially when English common law is much more humane and fair in its process. If Islamic laws are really better, why has most of the world adopted English common law (and freely so) and not other forms of justice?
Stagflation
Tariffs and the man: In the past few months, we have started working more for the same dollar. Our dollar buys less than it did a few months ago. We are seeing an uptick in unemployment. Dear world, we have a numbskull in the White House.
Bogle
There is only one man in the US who has had a relatively enormous effect in uplifting the common man’s financial situation - Jack Bogle with his index funds at Vanguard. All the others either handed out really tiny fish to mostly undeserving folks, or taught people how to fish with moderate effect. Bogle in that metaphor rented out ridiculously inexpensive fishing rods, attracted all the big fish, and walked the common man to the spot for some easy fishing.
