Summary: Obsession with sports in America’s schools is probably the leading factor behind America’s appalling showing on the world stage of academic achievement. How they treat sports in foreign schools. The history of the development of the tradition of sports in American schools. Experiments with curtailing sports programs and the results. The outrageous cost of sports in schools and how academics suffer in consequence from underfunding. Nobody seems shocked by America’s standing in world rankings. Obamacare registrations start in a few days. It will be chaos. Charles Biderman talks about fantasy economic statistics that originate in government offices. How long will the insanity last? The snares and pitfalls of borrowing money. The criminal act of forcing interest rates lower artificially and the consequences to society
