“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, and prejudices— to be found only in the …
I’m a numbers geek. Numbers that end with a zero titillate me. Recently I noticed the date July 9, 1979 on one of the many registrations I’m required to post …
The stock market and the economy are not the same things, but they are often correlated. The President’s Tweets, on the other hand, frequently correlate with neither truth nor facts. …
I just finished listening to President Trump’s rambling and slightly crazed comments that preceded his declaration of a NATIONAL EMERGENCY. Before getting to the poorly-delivered punch line, he reminded us …
Those who know me well know that I’ve been a fiscal conservative since I was in high school. To me that means trying to live within a budget, even if …
I started calling myself “semi-retired” in 2004. I was sitting on a beach in Kauai writing my newsletter when I took a fancy to this concept. Last month I …
NOTE: In July of 2005 I wrote a commentary, The Fifth of July, where I examined my patriotism in the Age of George Bush 2. Scooter Libby, VP Dick Cheney’s …
SEPT 2019 COMMENTARY: 1969 – What a Year!
Nineteen Sixty Nine was a memorable year for me. I celebrated my twenty first birthday on the last day of Woodstock. No, I wasn’t at the festival. The mud on …