Executive Chairman, Westwood Capital LLC; Adjunct Professor and Fellow in Macroeconomics and Finance, Cornell Law School; Author of The Age of Oversupply
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"Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they ALWAYS fail. Think of it: ALWAYS".
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Jobs Day: Interesting numbers in the Establishment Survey. You can see a swelling in tech employment in the 70,000 job pickup in Professional and Business services. That's the positive. But the rest of formation was in the low end sectors...
The manufacturing gains were concentrated in the sectors that scream data centers. Construction in residential nosedived -15K.
Canary in coalmine is Leisure and Hospitality falling -13K, mostly in accomodations and food.
Preliminary estimates of this election's voter turnout, at 49.42%, is the second-highest midterm turnout in more than a century. Only 2018 was higher.
Notably, estimates of Republican votes in House contests total 50 million. That is only about 24% of registered voters in the US!
ONE NATION - INDIVISABLE
Ten years of MAGA wrapping itself in our nation's flag came to an end last night. Your deranged megalomaniac has been repudiated and America is again the land of the free and the brave. Pledge allegiance to one nation, indivisible! – at Naples, FL
Battle Hymn of
the Republic
(2026 Edition)
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He was trampling through our hearts and where are inner thoughts are stored:
He hath guided us to judgment, with our verdict not ignored;
His truth is marching on.
They stormed the halls of our Republic
laying waste to truth and fact.
They forged themselves an idol,
cult, forgiven any act.
But when asked for our submission
"Hell, no" did most react
And truth again marched on!
Dan Alpert retweeted
Of course Trump is self-immolating. He has always been too moronic to sense when he is on fire. When I worked with him briefly in 2001, I was stunned by his lack of general knowledge about business, policy, human beings. He is a fool winging everything.
nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opini…
A sticking indictment of university business schools and the MBA, by @Chris_Marquis_. The continuing frustration of workers in US, UK and EU economies can be traced to a post-1980s obsession with teaching management as a science. It isn't. #Showmethemoney
nytimes.com/2026/10/18/opini…
Of course Trump is self-immolating. He has always been too moronic to sense when he is on fire. When I worked with him briefly in 2001, I was stunned by his lack of general knowledge about business, policy, human beings. He is a fool winging everything.
nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opini…