Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
My uncle used to love me but she died.Chicken ain’t chicken until its lickin’ good and friedKeep it on the sunny side. -Sweetback Sisters It is fun to be a critic. In pop culture, politics, academics, whatever, the world is a veritable shooting gallery full of pomp and circumstances that deserve the slings and arrows of […]
US Census Bureau reports: Populations Increasing in Many Downtowns A U.S. Census Bureau report released today shows that in many of the largest cities of the most-populous metro areas, downtown is becoming a place not only to work but also to live. Between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, metro areas with 5 million or more […]
Oil drilling rig counts are at an all-time high… or dropping off, depending which report you read which week for which area. Overall, industry source Baker Hughes reports relatively stable activity, declining slightly to levels just below last year nationally. Last week there were 895 rigs drilling in Texas, 199 in Oklahoma, and 186 in […]
How does Utah Get 6.0% Unemployment? This weekend, my college buddy John Gurney (an economist by training and CPA by practice) posted some footnotes under that title on his “econscius” blog. In short, Mr. Gurney observes: Utah’s 6.0% unemployment rate (July 2012) compares favorably to regional powerhouse California (10.7%) and neighbor Nevada (12.0%). Utah was […]
