A recent New York Times article titled "U.S. Economy Entered Recession in February" was put out for consumption.  The article makes no mention of what constitutes a recession other than that the National Bureau of Economic Research's Business Cycle Dating Committee deemed it so. Excerpted from the article: The economy hit its peak in February and has since fallen into a downturn ending the longest expansion  — 128 months — in records dating back to 1854. Most economists expect this recession to be both particularly deep and exceptionally short, perhaps just a few months, as states reopen and economic activity resumes. I am old enough to remember when words used to have solid meanings.  They were not changed whimsically and instead stood the test of time, for better or for worse.  But as of late, it seems that certain words are quite malleable.  An example is the word...(Read Full Post)