Where to begin? The Wall Street journal is full of columns as well as in-house editorials, bemoaning the huge Republican loss on Tuesday. Most say it is the Iran War, and I agree, but it is also the tariffs, and Trump’s historic, never before even dreamed of, un-equaled, ego. I got a note from a […]
The so called “Robber Barons” of the early and mid 1800’s, were responsible for most of what made America great. Were they rich? You bet! Were they smart? Absolutely! Were they ruthless? Many were, but given all of the above, few Americans today, are aware of the true facts and what they did. The Vanderbilt’s, Rockefellers, Carnegies, […]
While Robin Hood and his knights of Sherwood Forest are held in the highest esteem by today’s academia and other assorted bubbleheads, I think they certainly are not the apotheosis of civilization. They were common crooks, who robbed the rich and gave to the poor, or so the story goes anyway. Admittedly, King Richard was away, […]
I have a marvelous book Titled “OZONE CRISIS,” which was copyrighted in 1973. And sure enough, in January 1973, Mario Molina and Sherry Rowland ‘discovered’ that CFC’s can destroy the ozone shield in the stratosphere. There’s supposedly a protective cloud which protects us and it has a hole in it. They persevered, and in June […]
I am not a deeply religious person, but love the miracles as recoded in the Bible or history, and especially our American history. Maybe they’re true? If so, did God look down from His Heaven, look at the travail young King George had visited upon his newest colony, and say to Himself maybe: ”Those are […]
On July 28, 1914, in Sarajevo Bosnia, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, were shot and killed by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb Nationalist. No big deal, huh? In 1914, who even knew where Bosnia was, and just because an ‘arch duke’ and his wife were assassinated, so what? There was no radio […]
No matter how far one can go back in Earth’s history, even before paper was invented, items of physical value have always been secreted away for future deliverance, liberation, salvation, or any other synonym which may come to mind for use, if government promises, or its paper money become useless, and you wish to eat! […]
I recently sat in my favorite easy chair, and looked around, thinking of the origins of all the things I know so well. The furniture, wall paper, carpet, kitchen, windows, furnace, laundry equipment, plumbing, garage doors, concrete, central air conditioning, cars, trucks, art, refrigerator, 80” TV, DVD’s, telephones, computers, food, beds, dishes, sterling silver flatware, […]
First of all, the ‘Fed’ as it is called, is not federal, and has no reserves. It was formed under rather obtuse and shady circumstances in 1914, and the first ‘fed’ or national bank, was dissolved by President Andrew Jackson. The United States did without a national bank for a hundred years. JFK was going […]
The other morning, shown on Turner Classic Movies, was one of the all time great comedies made In 1938, titled, “You Can’t Take It With You,” staring Jimmy Stewart, who in 1938, was a pretty young guy! When I lived in Philadelphia, I was a member of “Old Academy Players,” and I played the part […]