Author: Hughes Dudahl
-
the most capital-intensive technology buildouts
AI Is Not Just Software | WFPX Commentary WFPX Commentary · Markets · Technology · Liquidity Risk AI Is Not “Just Software” Why the artificial intelligence boom may be one of the most capital-intensive technology buildouts since the railroad era. By Michael T. Ruhlman · WFPX Communications & Publishing For years, investors were taught to…
-
Dimon, Trump, Mamdani Through Ayn Rand Eyes
Key factual anchors checked: Trump called for a one-year 10% credit-card interest cap in January 2026; Dimon criticized it as an “economic disaster”; the Biden-era $8 late-fee rule was vacated in 2025.  Dimon, Trump, and the Usury Question | WFPX Opinion WFPX Opinion · Capital, Credit & Consequence Dimon, Trump, and the Usury Question…
-
Antisemitism and the Governance of Convenience
New York’s Failure of Justice: Antisemitism and the Governance of Convenience | WFPX News WFPX NEWS | OPINION New York’s Failure of Justice: Antisemitism and the Governance of Convenience When equal protection becomes negotiable through politics, institutional trust begins to fracture for everyone. By ~Michael T. Ruhlman There is a particular kind of institutional cowardice…
-
Criticism becomes Extremism
The Parasites of Socialism | WFPX Opinion The Parasites of Socialism Every collectivist system eventually feeds a class that produces little, controls much, and consumes endlessly By ~Michael T. Ruhlman WFPX Communications & Publishing Socialism is usually marketed as compassion. Shared sacrifice. Collective fairness. Economic justice. Protection against greed. But history reveals something darker beneath…
-
Time to Burst the Socialist Bubble
WFPX Commentary / Political Culture It’s Time to Burst the Socialist Bubble My Party’s Stuck In A fictionalized first-person political commentary inspired by the tensions inside today’s Democratic Party. Look, I’m a Democrat. Proud of it. I didn’t get into politics to chase some coastal fantasy. I got into it because I watched working towns…
-
Manufactured Hate and the Institutionalization of Moral Accusation
Adjunct: Manufactured Hate and the Institutionalization of Moral Accusation Why the Southern Poverty Law Center increasingly finds itself inside the very conversation it once controlled Read the original companion article here: Manufactured Hate Across America For decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center operated inside American culture with a rare form of institutional immunity. Its classifications…
-
The Workout Specialist Who Transformed Corporate Distress
Michael T. Ruhlman: The Workout Specialist Who Transformed Corporate Distress into Financial Recovery By Hughes Dudahl | Originally published in Bank Strategies (May/April 2008) • Updated Edition Michael T. Ruhlman – Veteran banker and airline finance restructuring expert In the high-stakes world of corporate restructuring and financial crisis management, few names commanded the respect and…