Ever watch the commercials for prescription drugs on TV? After telling everyone how wonderful they are, and the models telling one and all, how their hot flashes are a thing of the past, they lost 40 pounds, sleep well, think well, have no more indigestion, have great sex, run a mile, swim laps, and a […]
“Money,” can be described as a device used to purchase something, or perhaps a compact way to store something valuable or something which represents a valuable item. Stock, is a microscopic ownership in a corporation, and I say ‘microscopic,’ because as an example, there are over a billion shares of GM in circulation or ownership […]
“Blind Pigs,” was just another name for “Speakeasies.” Prohibition was perhaps just as disgusting as are the illegal drugs today. No, I haven’t done any drugs and never will, because I want to keep my mind intact, but then I have never been drunk either for the same reason. A nip of good bourbon over […]
The following is a direct quote from a Wall Street Journal editorial page on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. “President Trump says his tariffs may raise enough revenue to replace the income tax, so who is he afraid to let Americans see what they’re paying? Instead of owning its policy, the White House has bullied Amazon […]
That’s part of a headline from Friday’s Journal on page B-10. The following are direct quotes from that piece, and I cannot disagree, or quarrel with any of it. “Gold has once again proven its nettle as a hedge against financial chaos, but it could soon also be outshined by that other, but less-adored precious […]
We are all excited about Trump’s bringing factories back to America! My question is, Can it work? In China, the average Shanghai factory worker gets $370 U.S. dollars per month in Shanghai, which are the highest rates in China. In other areas it is lower. In America, an average U.S. factory worker, makes $48,945 a […]
That’s a very common expression, used by Donald Trump, isn’t it? ‘We’ve been ripped off for decades by China and just about every other nation, etc. etc.’ What that phrase indicates, is that China and other nations, have been deliberately trying to kill America, and Trump is going to save us. Am I being fair? […]
In 1930, at the height of the depression, Congress passed the “Smoot-Hawley” tariffs, which were very similar to Trump’s recent actions. Please go to the internet and find a Newsweek article on it. While we are not now in a depression, and I hope we will not get into one, from Trump’s tariffs, I think […]
I’ve been writing columns, and dealing in metals for 48 years, and I have observed that 99% of our business, is from politically conservative, generally Republican, intelligent, people, who realize that the dollar is backed by nothing, and while it has not reached the level of the German Reichsmark after WW I, when it went […]
Dictionary definition of “Rewards: “Something given for service or merit.” In other words, a reward is something earned or deserved. A child may be given a reward for doing their chores, or learning the multiplication table, as an example. Use of a credit card, may receive a reward for its use, in the form of […]