Why do so many people insist on living in the state of California? Today, it has the highest population of any U.S. state by a very wide margin. Approximately 39 million people live in California, and Texas is number two on the list with a population of about 30 million. I just don’t get it. […]
by Jeff Thomas International Man In 1776, Thomas Jefferson was asked to create a draft for a founding document for what was to become the United States. In his second paragraph, he said. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable […]
by Doug Casey International Man International Man: Vivek Ramaswamy recently faced backlash for supporting the H-1B visa program and criticizing American culture. Many saw his comments as endorsing replacement immigration for highly paid tech jobs (link). What’s your take? Doug Casey: Unfortunately, he’s mostly right about US workers. Their work ethic has been corrupted by cradle-to-grave benefits, class […]
The year was 1901, and it was pretty much a who’s who of American business and finance at the time. Andrew Carnegie. JP Morgan. Charles M. Schwab. Elbert Gary (namesake of the city Gary, Indiana). It would be as if Elon Musk, Billy Gates, and Carl Icahn all got together on a new venture. It […]
Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics Home sales in the US rose to a four-year high after rising 12.1% YoY, according to a new Redfin report. As I stated, we are entered a buyer’s market in May of 2024 in line with the ECM. Gone are the days of bidding wars and skipped inspections. Home inventory has picked up […]
A waffle shop in Seattle is being forced to close down over the city’s new $20 per hour minimum wage law, according to a new report by the New York Post. The rise in inflation has also made it difficult for small businesses like this to survive. The owner of Bebop Waffle Shop said she was forced to […]
James Rickards, The Daily Reckoning, provides insights into the Trump currency plan. There has been a lot reported in recent days about the return of currency wars. With Trump 2.0 about to begin, let’s review his last term and what to expect in the second. Trump badly bungled his transition after first being elected president […]
Mike Shedlock, MishTalk, discusses the new Teacher Requirements. Teachers’ unions prevail in New Jersey. Kids will suffer. Literacy Not Requited to Teach CampusSafety reports New Jersey Teachers No Longer Required to Pass Basic Literacy Test New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy passed Act 1669 as part of the state’s 2025 budget in June to address a […]
The artificial hill of pottery shards is puny and localized; the consequences of our self-destructing system will bring down the system in ways the system is completely blind to. Charles Hugh Smith, Substack We’re all familiar with the plot device of the self-destruct sequence counting down while our hero / heroine frantically tries to find […]
Michael Snyder, The Most Important News, brings you the latest 2024 statistics. 2024 was definitely one of the wildest years that any of us have ever experienced. During the past 12 months, Donald Trump was convicted by a New York jury, he was almost assassinated, he won the presidential election, and he was named Time Magazine’s Person […]