Today is “FLAG DAY.” Please fly your flag and be proud to be an American! I admit it. I read the Journal (Wall Street) pretty thoroughly, and I don’t own a share of stock. Why? Because it is factual, well researched, conservative, and covers everything I need to know about current goings on, both in America […]
Yesterday, June 6th, was the 77th anniversary of the largest amphibious landing in history. “D Day” June 6th, 1944, when the Allies landed at Normandy France to turn the tide of WW II. Over 22,000 died in the next few days after that landing, and thousands of well cared for graves are all along thew […]
(5/4/2002- 19 years ago) I can still think and write, but I am placing all my old columns in bound volumes, and I keep running across good ones, and will repeat them as I see fit. “In the field of economics, there are many facets. It isn’t just buying and selling gold and silver. It’s […]
2/13/2008 (13 years ago!) “Vallars” are a historical fact. In 1931, after the stock market had crashed and everyone was broke, depressed, and Roosevelt hadn’t been elected with his million promises (none of which worked), frantic people in Salt Lake City began printing “vallars.” Townspeople banded together and created a group which they called the […]
This is a column I wrote in July, 2008, 13 years ago, and it needs to be said again. “On July 4th, everyone plays patriotic music, and it is one of my favorite holidays. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir always does a wonderful program of patriotic songs, and usually a drama of some sort. And then […]
A client of one of my kids e-mailed me and said that I should write a column about which gold and silver to buy and what about numismatics? Here goes. The ‘Spot price’ of anything is the price the manufacturer has to pay for raw materials, and in the case of gold and silver, […]
It’s all so common. People might say, as an example: “I bought gold @ $900, and now look! It’s $1900! I’ve made a thousand dollars an ounce.” True, you have made $1,000 an ounce, but is that profit more truthful or useful in value? Or have you made a profit of $1,000 an ounce in […]
I well remember when ethanol was first forced into gasoline back in the 1970s, and all the articles written and published about the harmful effects it has on engines, hoses, exhausts, and even the air quality. That died slowly, and today, no one even considers it, since it is universally injected into your car’s fuel. […]
I wrote this the day before I fell and broke 4 bones in my pelvis! I’ll try to resume my column! – Don This is a column I wrote 11 years ago, on March 4, 2010. I have written over 2,000 columns, […]
Don is out of the hospital and rehabing his injured pelvis. Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers!