There’s a saying that’s popular—particularly in the military, where brevity and clarity can save lives and win battles: “When I ask you the time, [...]
When William Shirer wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, his choice of title began in a way that could be used as a template to describe every major [...]
If you’ve ever hit an ant pile with your lawnmower, you’re familiar with the ensuing reaction. Ants that were invisible a moment before appear by the [...]
♫Summer time, and the livin’ is easy♫—that is certainly a blast from the past. This summer is not so laid back. Several major markets seem to be [...]
Investing in a time of immense cultural and political change is like trying to rope a cow during an earthquake. (This is a theoretical analogy. The writer is [...]
Complexity is fascinating to study and mesmerizing to watch. Whether it’s a sidewinder moving across the sand, a strand of DNA, the movement of the ocean, or [...]
The apocryphal story of Damocles’ unsheathed sword suspended over his head by a thread is just about right for Americans today. Our monetary system is [...]
Given that so much public activity today is geared toward tearing down the pillars of Western Civilization and that sound money and free market capitalism are [...]
With the triumph of progressivism in America has come a confidence in humans’ ability to govern many things previously believed to be self-regulating. This [...]
America’s current leadership clearly believes the biggest problems facing the nation are the inequality of status and means among residents, the hurt [...]
In the long history of empires, there have typically been detailed accounts of the decline and fall of the center. Greece, Rome, Byzantium, France, Turkey, [...]
In one of his famous pearls of wisdom, King Solomon advised, “by wise guidance you can wage war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.” Though [...]
