
What’s In a Name?

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

The PPI came out just now, completing the inflation data for the month. Yesterday, the CPI came in 66% hotter than expected, and today, the PPI came in 33% hotter.

The Slope of Hope website is owned by a one-person company, and I own and work for that company. It’s just little old me. In spite of that, my payroll provider (which, I want to stress again, remits payroll to ONE person) is required to send me these two gargantuan laminated posters spelling out all of my rights.

Below is the percentage growth of each of the fifty states. Mormons, apparently, know how to get it on. My home state, sadly, has barely budged during the same twenty years.
