It's pretty clear from reading this article that the prices we once knew as reasonable just aren't going to return. The price of oil and corn are going to remain higher due to global demand. Those two commodities impact the price of other foods we eat and products we use. It's time for all of us to put on our thinking caps to determine how we move forward from here to try and manage to have a reasonable life.

I watched that debate on TV, when the young woman asked that canned question of Hillary Clinton about which she preferred, diamonds or pearls? Everybody thought it was a powder puff question not unlike the boxers or briefs question Bill got when he was a candidate. Hillary told the audience that she wants both (diamonds and pearls.) In the background Joe Biden could be heard to ask they give all the candidates that question and then I could hear him saying, "diamonds." Who cares you might ask?