Believe me, I do have original thoughts. I have them all the time! On occasion, I run across a book, which is so fine, worthwhile, accurate, and timely, that I feel I must quote from it. So I will. The book is new, and titled EMPIRE OF DEBT, by Bill Bonner, and Addison Wiggins. I […]

The S.S. Central America was a beautiful side wheeler, 300 feet long, steam powered with coal, as well as sail, and was jet black. Her decks were scrubbed smooth and shiny, and the deckhouses were naturally finished with marine varnish. She had a red stripe below her deck, which ran along her entire length. When […]

Well now, haven’t prices taken a nice upsurge? Everyone’s at a profit position now, it seems. For some, they have waited a bit too long for this, and are now tempted to take their profits and sell…at a profit of course. Should they? I don’t think so. I don’t say this because of any commissions, […]

Last week, I explained that the so-called ’prosperity’ the economists are braying about, isn’t so. If Joe Six Pack takes his credit card and buys a new TV set, he may be buying a TV set (made in China), which is a purchase, but he is taking on not only that debt, but the interest […]

As the grizzled old man of 2005 comes to an end, and the baby 2006 is born, maybe we should examine what’s happened in 2005, and what to expect in 2006. I cannot predict the immediate future, but I can surely examine the past. The D.C. gang insists that the US economy is rosy. They […]

I sat back and thought about it the other day. What expression do I use more than any other, during my business day. I have decided it is “I dunno.” The reason I use that, is because I do not know! Don’t get me wrong; I love to talk on the phone. I do it […]

Did you ever have an ant farm when you were a kid? If not, let me describe them. They were a sort of aquarium type of thing, with dirt, plants, moisture, rocks, etc, and all sealed up so there would be no escape. There was a colony of ants in this affair, and the kid […]

You all remember the old song, don’t you? (Actually, if you are pre-menopausal, you might not!) At any rate, this little gal is singing that she is “Tying the leaves, so they won’t fall down, so the wind won’t blow them away…” (It’s a 1959 song). In other words, summer is flying past, all to […]

Carlo Ponzi, was born in Parma Italy in 1882, and came to the US in 1903. For the next fourteen years, he wandered from town to town, from job to job, and amounted to nothing. He washed dishes, waited tables, and clerked, but what he did best, was interpret from English to Italian, and reverse. […]

The wife and I usually seek out organic foods. We eat eggs, which are cage free, and fed grain without any chemicals. We shower under a shower head which filters out chlorine. We do all we can to keep healthy, in other words. A client of mine in Iowa gave me the name of a […]