WHY I HAVEN’T BEEN WRITING COMMENTARIES LATELY

June 12, 2018
By Bob Dreizler

It’s been four months since I sent out my last commentary, and I’m mildly concerned. I started writing a four-page paper newsletter in 1994. Fourteen years and forty- five issues later, I switched to a shorter commentary that I email and post to my website. Many of these are still in the Commentaries and Archives section of my website:

http://bobdreizler.com/archives/

Why I haven’t written lately? I have lots of good reasons:

Semi-Retirement: I declared this new phase of my career in Bob’s Quarterly Update in 2004. I’m still working, but gradually take more time off each year.

Turning 70: This milestone should be an adequate reason to not feel guilty about writing commentaries or anything else, but I like ranting to a crowd, and love it when I get feedback.

The stock market and economy seem fine: The one thing that motivates me to write with urgency is when I think my clients are worried or scared about the volatility of their investments. Despite having a deranged president, the stock market seems not to care that much.

Preaching to the Choir: I don’t expect to change any minds with my thoughtful analysis since I doubt if there are more than two people on my mailing list who voted for Mr. Trump.

Slothfulness.

One issue that has not been a factor is lack of topics to write about. Here are some commentaries I considered, but never started:

Unemployment & Stock Market Trends (Comparing Trump, Obama and Bush II)
Worst President Ever (Personal Enrichment/Emoluments Clause version)
Worst President Ever (Tariffs version)
Middle East Map – Geography Quiz
Worst President Ever (Defiling the US Constitution version)
Worst President Ever (Pardons version)
Worst President Ever (Sex Scandal version)
Faux News
Worst President Ever (Pissing off Loyal Allies while Embracing Tyrants version)
Worst President Ever (Voter Suppression version)
Are Dogs Taking Over Sacramento?
Worst President Ever (Bogus Patriotism version)
Gutless Congressional Republicans
Worst President Ever (Scott Pruitt is still running the EPA version)
And, of course, Worst President Ever (Collusion with Russia in the 2016 Presidential Election version)

So, I guess this counts as a commentary. I can be guilt-free for a few more months, but maybe this is what I needed to kick-start myself again. Thanks for reading.