We all need to economize, no matter what our income is.  Well, maybe not, but I was raised to make do with what I have, and never to squander dollars on un-needed things.  I haven’t bought a bar of soap in years, because I always save it at hotels where we stay.  Cheap?  I guess.  […]

Trying to keep the Titanic from sinking by re-arranging the deck chairs?  It’s an old expression, I know, but pretty pertinent in my opinion.  Let’s compare the Titanic to the US economy.  The Titanic was made of the best possible steel available in 1912.  Today, we know it was far inferior to today’s steel, but […]

    Is anyone out there old enough to remember the comic strip, “Little Orphan Annie?”  Perhaps you can’t remember it because of your youth, but possibly you remember a stage musical of a couple of decades ago, which was titled simply “Annie.” That “Annie,” was the ancient “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip put to music.  […]

I do not want to panic anyone, nor do I want to be an extremist, or a Chicken Little, but I honestly think the sky is falling at times.  Consider a few facts:  (1) The national debt now is up to $52 TRILLION, counting all the long term commitments, an amount totally impossible to pay, […]

I have used that expression a thousand times while raising my kids, and have used it in columns also.  You know what it means.  It means, “Mind Your Own Business,” and never has that been a greater national mistake than what is going on now.  Eisenhower said that he hoped that American troops would never […]

I have great admiration for Jason Hommel.  He’s bought a lot of silver from me in the past.  I am surprised at his ’warning’ that everyone is out of silver, including A-Mark, my supplier.  You’re WRONG JASON at least about A-Mark. The problem with silver is that when it got to $20, and gold to […]

If you were going to take a cruise on the Titanic in 1912, and you had been warned of its sinking, would you have boarded or bought a ticket? If you were warned that a hurricane was coming, would you board up your windows and do everything in your power to avoid calamity?  If you […]

Banks are in reality, a rather old type of business.  Originally, before paper money and checks, gold and silver were the monies in daily use.  People who were wealthy, needed a place to store their gold and silver which was surplus, so they used a storage facility, which is what banks were.  The banker charged […]

There are several places on earth which are ’powerless,’ and of course I mean without electricity. There’s Nepal, Iraq most of the time, and South Africa, which is so powerless that the mines can’t operate, causing the price of Platinum to go up.  Power is important. Without parental power, parents can’t control and raise their […]

At one time or other, everyone has had buyer’s remorse.  You bought something, and after doing so, wish you hadn’t.  Ever buy a new or used car and found that you could have bought it elsewhere cheaper, or that it was defective?  Gotten home with a bag of groceries and discovered that the milk was […]