Real Estate in the 21st Century

From the BBC: Non-Hispanic white births the minority in US Children from racial and ethnic minorities now account for more than half the births in the US, according to the latest US census. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other mixed races made up 50.4 percent of births counted in the 12 month peri...

Today in the mail was notifications by my county government tax office of the new property appraisals.  I am now over $50,000 down in equity in homes that I own.  One property, is worth $20k less and another is down $30k or more.  Now maybe I am not smart enough to understand high finance like wh...

By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News Murders fall 42 percent in America's deadliest city: Chicago Three months after Chicago notched the most murders in the nation, officials are touting a dramatic downturn in crime. In the first quarter of the year, murders dropped 42 percent over the same pe...

"Chemical Used Weapons in Syria" "North Korea threatens Nuclear War" "Obama says you will not cross the line" Cyberattacks Could Destroy Economy" or how about: Gay Marriage must Pass" "Comprehensive Immigration Bill Needed"   There are many more, heck for the next two weeks one might think the wi...

From MSN: Kerry: 'In America you have a right to be stupid' BERLIN — Secretary of State John Kerry offered a defense of freedom of speech, religion and thought in the United States on Tuesday, telling German students that in America "you have a right to be stupid if you want to be." "As a country...

Obama says that at the very least, 800,000 government employees will lose their jobs next week.  Where did he go to school?  It would seem that there is very high levels of noise coming from the left about the dire effects of cutting less than 1 % of the annual deficit spending of the government....

Think back to the good old days of less than 5 % unemployment and a robust economy.  Yes, it takes us back to the Bush years and at least to 2007.  Now, Obama has presided over an economy that is barely growing and has close to 8% unemployment and 6 trillion more in debt. Yesterday on a campaign ...

Guess you won't hear that information on Capital Hill today went our elected officials do a dog and pony show about gun violence.  Nothing about thousands that have been killed by gangs in our country.  No, we will hear only about why we need to put restrictions on law abiding citizens and their ...

Will we hear those words from our President?  He clearly was on the wrong side of the Trayvon Martin killing, then he said if he had a son, he would not want him to play football.  Will the Pres, the liberal politicians and the left leaning press make a case for the death of Hadiya Pendleton, who...

More Corporate Giveaways  (from CNBC) Twitter May Get Tax Break for Giving Away Promoted Tweets   Twitter, along with other tech companies in San Francisco, may receive local tax breaks for agreeing to give "charitable contributions" that in Twitter's case includes giving away promoted tweets to ...