One Charles Silberman once remarked: “It is not possible to spend any prolonged period visiting public school classrooms without being appalled by the mutilation visible everywhere – mutilation of spontaneity, of joy in learning, of pleasure in creating, of sense of self. The public schools – those “killers of the dream,” to appropriate a phrase […]
Time Magazine reports that 63% of Americans ages 18 – 24 can’t find Iraq on a map, and 50% can’t locate New York State, however 46 million Americans voted on American Idol (whatever that is). It all boils down to a simple fact, and that is that ’public education’ is on a par with everything […]
It has become an accepted religious belief in D.C. that the bird flu is as sure to come as the sunset, and that millions may die. Of course only a hundred have died so far all around the world., and it has never mutated from birds to humans, but guess what? Bush wants $7.2 billion […]
Last week, on the subject of markets, I discussed about how supply, demand, and related things affect markets. But there is another very important fact which influences markets, prices, supplies, and yes, demands too. That is “opinions.” Opinions, make the world go ’round, and grandly influence markets. As an example, in the South Seas, women […]
A creep is seen by dozens, as he robs a convenience store, plus it is all on video. The cops show up, arrest him, and call him a “suspect.” A TV news piece shows a drunk maniac careening down the wrong side of the street and crashing into an oncoming car with a mother and […]
Think the world is running out of oil? Think again. A new book, given to me by a a client, (I have the nicest people! Thanks Beech!), titled “Black Gold Stranglehold,” is a must read by one and all. It explodes the age old theory that oil is a “fossil fuel” which was made by […]
Think the Iraq war is terrible? I do too, but look at man’s history of wars, and decide if this stuff will stop anytime soon! In the 3400 years of man’s history, there have been only 227 years of global peace. From 1500 B.C. to 1860 A.D. men had signed 8,000 treaties…with a life expectancy […]
There are ’markets’ in just about everything. By a ’market,’ I mean a place where things can be bought and sold. Grocery stores are markets, quite naturally, because all sorts of food-stuffs, drug store items, bits of hardware, etc. are sold in them. ’Markets’ in general, are what makes the world go ’round. Typically, markets […]
Bolivia just ’nationalized’ the entire nation’s gas wells, refineries, and privately owned companies. The word ’nationalize’ is a euphemism, and means “seize.” Since gold and silver are going up nicely, isn’t it logical that these tin horn dictators, who have squandered their nations wealth with fancy palaces and untold luxuries for their rulers, would run […]
Who cares? At least that’s the way I feel. Just a bunch of savages killing each other, starving each other, dying of disease, and endless copulation and reproduction. What’s new? This has been normal in Sub-Sahara Africa for centuries. Civilized nations decided to civilize, feed, educate, and be nice. What for? Nothing has changed, other […]