Budget Busters
Empires usually end their lives with a heady cocktail of too much spending and too much violence. Often, keeping people under control — at home and abroad — becomes the major expense.
Commentary
Back to the Stone Age
Everybody has his reasons. Ask a murderer why he killed; he’ll have a perfectly sound reason: “He was messing with my girl,” for example. Liars tell their tall tales for a purpose.
Lost Generations
Home is where the heart is. But history tells us that there are good times to be somewhere else. The French in 1914…the Russians in 1917…Germans in 1933.
What to Do With Your Money Now, Part II
Commercial real estate is a very local matter. If you can find a good building, in good shape, with a reliable tenant, and decent cash flow, it could be a good place for your money.
What to do With Your Money Now
Businesses — both private and public — are where the real money is. You can hold an ounce of gold or a bitcoin from here ‘til kingdom come; you will still just have an ounce of gold or a Bitcoin.
Clash of Civilizations
We offer no opinion on the morality of any of the participants in these regime change wars. But US involvement, sin or not, is likely to be a mistake.
