To start out with, when writing a column each week, I have to do a bit of research, and I did so with the American Silver Eagle, which was first produced in 1986. I always thought they were produced at the U.S. Mint at West Point, New York, but I find that they are also […]
In 1994, I wrote a piece called, “Road to Ruin,” and I like the title, but that article was 3450 words long, so I’ll just epitomize parts of it. Here’s one paragraph: “No country in history, that began a welfare system, has ever survived. From the Roman Empire to today, with all civilized lands having […]
Governments are the largest employer in America. Four million federal employes, state governments 5.5 million, and local governments have 14.2 million. Surely then, all 23.7 million employees of all three governments, must have invented something, since we are all saddled by them? Do these governments show a profit, since they employ so many? With […]
This is from a couple of sentences from one of Hollywood’s greatest films, “Inherit the Wind,” (1960), with Spencer Tracy and Frederic March. It’s the story of the 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial,” held in Dayton Tennessee. A high school teacher, John Scopes was teaching evolution, which was against the law in that state. Spencer Tracy, […]
The latest scam proffered by the liberals, is that we need to, ‘Tax the rich and give to the poor,’ as opposed to the correct version, which is, ‘Don’t tax, and give voluntarily to the poor.’ Democrats and liberals love the idea of, “The rich must pay their fair share” I think that’s the […]
I know, gold was $20.67, but that is nothing, compared to what America was like a hundred years ago. Imagine what we DIDN’T have then, and wonder how we ever got along. I think it must have been wonderful. There was no television. Radio was in its infancy, and there was no FM. There […]
Everyone’s dream! Buy anything your heart desires, and pay with Monopoly Money! WOW! It’s true! Ask any Senator or Congressman (or woman), or even the President. Just order up anything you think may help your constituents or get you votes. Anything at all. No limits! A subsidy for anything deemed important by Congress, and needing […]
Perhaps there is nothing more common and necessary in our lifetimes, than measurements. From the day we were born, our weights, gender and condition were told to anxious parents and grandparents. A nurse may say, “You are the proud father or grandfather, of a wonderful, healthy, eight-and-a-half-pound baby boy.” When we die, the obit will […]
We all have ‘assets’ of various kinds and types. Women have their looks, and some men do also, but I am not interested in men’s looks. We all have brains and personality assets, and that’s extremely important. Tall guys always seemed to be great basketball players, and strong, hefty ones, football players. Beautiful women can […]
I wrote this in 2002 and haven’t changed a single thing, How have times changed. A fellow called me the other day, and expressed surprise about the use of gold as a storage vehicle for wealth. He told me he bought a new Volkswagen in 1966 for $1995, which then was exactly 57 ounce of […]