I find traditions very instructive concerning how things have been, are, and probably will be. The American Heritage dictionary has three definitions of tradition that I want to investigate today. The first definition is “The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication.” This one has stood the …
Bygone Relics
In 1978, Clint Eastwood and a baboon made a movie together, forgive me, it was an orangutan, an orangutan having 12 ribs you see. The script told the story of a bare knuckle fighter Eastwood and his little hairy friend Clyde. They chased girls together and even feuded with a motorcycle gang. This being the …
I was reading an article this week written by Vanessa Wong and Jilian Berman in MarketWatch about how a $114,000 salary today makes you feel poorer than your parents. It is a very insightful article about how Americans today are poorer in purchasing power, in lifestyle, and in the ratio of money that they have …
I want to talk to you about AAA today. No, not the American Automobile Association which has supported motorists for decades as they get a 10% discount on hotel stays across the country. I want to start with AAA meaning assassination attempt apathy. We talked about Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico being shot and I …
One of my favorite things about writing a blog and doing a podcast is that I am constantly on the hunt for new information and new sources. I like reputable information sources for facts and figures assuming, perhaps unrightly so, that they have fact checked and their data is trustworthy, even though I know government …
“Gold is money everything else is credit.” J P Morgan In 1912 ole J.P. told Congress that and the next year that same Congress founded the Federal Reserve. The income taxes, social security, and other helpful programs would follow, but the key to it all was gold. It is difficult for the government to steal …
sure nice to take a break from the news and just rant on Bygone Relics for a minute about a simpler country and use a couple expletives from time to time. There is too much news to contend with so we had better just have a talk about Zambonis. If you have ever been a …
Folks, it is getting tough out there. Part of my time is scouring news sites informing myself and trying to figure out where the financial puck might be going, but sometimes I realize that the puck stops here, and I did the same when I got to this article from MarketWatch. Alessandra Malito responds to …
“If you have to convince a group of people who are not directly dependent on the solution of a problem, you will never succeed.” Ludwig Von Mises, Socialism lesson In the last Looking Backwards Looking Forwards I mocked a homeowner that had refinanced his or her house into a 52-year mortgage. Mocked is the word, …
“A country becomes more prosperous in proportion to the rise in the invested capital per unit of its population.” Ludwig Von Mises I was recently watching this new movie called Twister. It is a story about tornados and chasing them. It has Bill Paxton and the oh so lovely Helen Hunt. If you don’t find …