Rudy's Corner

An inflation factor nobody talks about. What is it?  It is self-inflicted pain, injected by fear into society that inhibits economic growth and prosperity! Countless gurus tell us how much prices have increased. Some elude to causes. But none talks about what we the people did to ourselves. In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy. This is usually measured using the consumer price index. Wikipedia  That sounds good but what is it?  I submit when my fuel pump purchases doubled in price or a carton of eggs jumps from 39 cents to 4 dollars a dozen.  Or not too long ago when you bought a hamburger at McDonalds you got change back on a dollar, while today your lucky to get change back on a twenty-dollar bill.   That is inflation that I and most other average citizen can understand.  Beyond that economist, bankers, corporate management and many other so-called experts have inundated us with brilliance as...

In the course of having lived nearly one hundred years it took me a long time to understand that human functions are made up of physical as well as spiritual essentials. One's physical needs are easily satisfied with money to buy food, clothing and mediation. To  satisfy our spiritual or emotional needs is more difficult to achieve. We all want to be happy, be loved, to be popular and respected.   Achieving spiritual happiness requires discipline.  Example what is happiness?  Where does one look for happiness?  Temptation for drying to achieve happiness are lurking everywhere.  Add to it well-meaning suggestions from friends and relatives do see it their way adds to the confusion. I can only give you my life’s experience.   WWII had ended.  In some bombed out building a group of people gathered for a religious service.  I was seven years old going on 8.  The preacher was wearing a ceremonial outfit such as one finds in a Cathol...