“And it means the US Treasury market is set for an out-of-control interest rate spiral.”

It means the US can’t borrow with ‘exorbitant privilege’ anymore.

Counting obligations under Medicare and Social Security.

No one was ever legally required to pay money to Madoff.

Essentially would be the death knell to the US Dollar as the reserve currency.

The petroDollar system breaking down, where oil is no longer paid for in Dollars internationally.

In all fairness, you should point out the difference.

For those who unfairly lump Social Security in with Bernie Madoff.

The real debt of the United States is more than 10 times the reported national debt.

Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.

I think you just have to be realistic to what the reality is, the way people experience movies.

Euphemisms, vague terminology or calls for discussions with Turkey to get at the truth are just some of the dodges Congress and the administration have used to avoid Turkish discomfort with its Ottoman past.

God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.

There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

Even professing Christians, by and large, devote to their spiritual growth and well-being a tiny fraction of the time they devote to their body, and it is even tinier fraction if we include what they worry about.