About the silly Olympic torch, that is.  Or for that matter, the Olympics itself?  How many torches were made?  A couple hundred?  Or do we think that the torch went from San Francisco to Argentina overnight, without going out?  Never, has there been anything as stupid as this torch carrying absurdity.  It’s not supposed […]

  Sorry, most of my past writings were lost by my server when he had a hard drive crash, but I can get all of the old Gold Eagle columns, plus a few since then, but the rest are gone, except for the printed copies I made of them.  This lesson is called “backup,” and […]

  If you have a mortgage, and also the money to pay it off, should you?  There are several answers.  First of all, being out of debt is a wonderful feeling.  The knowledge that your home The mortgage, or loan to buy a home, with the home used as security, dates back to the mid […]

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 […]