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Article on ZeroHedge today: 1 In 4 Millennials Rely On Their Parents To Pay Some Bills – Even While Working Full Time. It’s easy for the older generations to blame Millennials for being lazy, overly idealistic, out of touch, or constantly … Continue reading →

As I sit down on New Year’s Eve day to run through end-of-year personal financials, to make sure Gov has gotten its requisite pounds of flesh, and to see that all the tax-related donations and contributions have been allocated (charities, … Continue reading →

Zerohedge ran an article this past week in which a former economist of a big financial corporation referenced the financial crisis of 2007, when the “Too Big To Fail” banks were bailed out by the US Government in order avoid … Continue reading →

With the recent shootings in Las Vegas, there has been an endless stream of commentary and opinion about gun violence and shootings in the U.S. An article by John Whitehead spurred some thoughts on root causes. While many will blame … Continue reading →

  Catalonians in the street this week to protest efforts by Spain to suppress their secession. (picture from Krieger’s site).     Michael Krieger wrote a great piece this week about the global, human trends toward decentralization – in contrast … Continue reading →

  “A film from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, adapted from the 1958 essay [I, Pencil] by Leonard E. Read.” Mr. Read was a grocery chain owner and in the 1940s, he founded the Foundation for Economic Education in response to market-distorting New … Continue reading →

While I don’t recommend anyone purchase BTC (current price here), I find it not only interesting for its potential future value (more gamble than investment), but particularly useful as a hedge against currency devaluation. I  bought some a few years … Continue reading →

  Article from The Sun today: “Angry MPs urge Brits to boycott Amazon as it’s revealed the online giant’s UK tax bill HALVED last year – while sales soared. Politicians and campaigners rounded on the US giant for coughing up … Continue reading →

  Just when you thought progress wasn’t being made, technologic advancements and plunging prices in lighting over the past 200 years put things in a different light, so to speak. From man’s early history B.C. it took about 400 labor … Continue reading →

  The War on Drugs. The primary reason that law enforcement and politicians resist de-criminalizing drugs is that drugs give them entry, excuse and control of others and their property that they would otherwise have no justification for interfering with, … Continue reading →