I have a client who wanted to get a full rundown on all he had bought from me.  Since nothing is on a computer, but only on 4 X 6 index cards, it took a bit of time, but I got it and have satisfied his desire.  Nice guy!  Have never met him, but I […]

Can anyone deny that the mentality of the world’s population is lower than it was in the past?  In my opinion, the world’s population is far stupider than it was a hundred years ago, and getting dumber as each year passes.  Why?  Dumbing down, is caused by, automation, freebies, handouts, and welfare of all sorts […]

We all know what “BS” stands for, don’t we?  I am of the opinion that there’s a lot of BS out there.  On the internet, in politics, and economics, there’s so much BS that it’s hip deep.  From time to time, I am going to examine various examples of “BS,” and try to expose them […]

I deal with a local, individually owned bank, which is not a ’national’ bank.  I know the owner and consider Garth a friend.  He runs his bank well, is careful about who he lends to, his chief loan officer is in my Kiwanis Club, and I know all the personnel by first name.  My account […]

I know all the jokes about being as busy as a set of jumper cables at a  (take your choice) wedding.  Funny, but they do come in handy.  However, a set of jumper cables will not fix a worn out engine, worn out battery, or worn out car.  They may get it started for a […]

I do hear this all the time, and especially from newcomers.  They are afraid to invest in fgold and silver because ’it may go down.’  That’s not a stupid worry, considering what has happened to real estate of late, and what will probably happen to the stock market when it re-opens tomorrow (Tuesday), and for […]

The late Aaron Copeland, when he wasn’t plagiarizing Indian melodies, wrote  “A Fanfare For The Common Man,” which is absolutely beautiful, as opposed to his symphonies.  The common man is being decapitated by his government, the military-industrial complex, and corporate monopoly.  As I said in the last column, Helicopter Ben Bernanke said that he will […]

I love old radio shows, and have probably a thousand hours or more of them on disc, tape, or record. Why? Because unlike TV, they require one’s imagination to be fully operational. Listening to a radio show, one can imagine the detective breaking into a home, a car crash, Jack Benny driving his butler Rochester […]

(I’ve been writing columns for many years before I began placing them on a web site. Every once in a while, I am going to print one of them, this time from November 8, 1993)  On the “60 Minutes” show of November 7 1993, CBS showed a piece glorifying a temporarily jailed monster, due to […]

The economic decline continues, and nothing CNBC can do with all their fake “news” and bright commentators will help. Helicopter Ben, I am sure, stays awake at night, worrying about what his predecessor got him into…while his predecessor takes his morning bubble bath. The point is that the housing slump has spread to the UK […]