Quote of the Week
Bad news for kids – government is embracing the Great Santa Claus Reversal.

Shocking Stat
The message – a heck of a lot of people don’t trust government. And that has consequences.

Goofy
Attention peoplekind – this is the latest in the long, winding road of PC speak.

Runner-UP Quote of the Year
American political darling, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, reminds us that it wasn’t just Donald Trump that plays fast and loose with the truth.

Shocking Stat
Arguably the most important set of stats for the year that were the basis for some monumental government decisions. The only problem is, they were wrong.

Goofy Award
Three examples, among many, where enforcing pandemic restrictions are way over the top.

Quote of the Week 
Question: are things so bad that the head of the central bank feels the need to address bankruptcy concerns? 

Shocking Stat 
Look what a minor change in interest rates does to the cost of servicing the federal debt. 

Goofy 
As protests against Covid related restrictions grow, we should be asking how do we bring more people on board to support the measures to fight COVID-19. 

Quotes of the week 
British historian, David Starkey on a revolution by stealth by quasi-religious puritan ideologues

Shocking Stat 
A second wave? That may be it for the travel industry and the consequences will shock you. 

Goofy Award
To say there’s only one side causing the divisions in the US, as the media often does, is obliterated by the nasty, foul mouthed, celebrity responses in the aftermath of the Biden victory.