The short answer is, early. The earlier you can start saving for your grandchild, the greater the impact you’ll have on their life. Take a trip with me. Let’s say you help a grandchild get into the savings game when they’re born by contributing $525 per year to an account you establish for them. (I […]
Archives for July 2019
Vinyl, and Clape Syrah, Big Deals for Collectors
You thought records were a dead issue, a relic of the distant past. I have been a collector since the mid-fifties and never for a moment thought vinyl was passé. And I have always believed records offered a warmer, deeper and more natural sound than did the compressed digital format. CDs, as it turns out […]
Newport RI in the Summer!
Debbie and I have watched all spring/Summer as renovations of Serenity Inn in Newport have been completed. Just beautiful with magnificent location just up from our waterfront favorite dining hangouts Fluke and the Clarke Cooke House. Dick & Debbie
David Crosby is Dying, But He Wants You to Remember His Name
Veteran rocker David Crosby has eight stents in his heart. He told The Wall Street Journal, “I’m going to have a heart attack in the next year or two, and that’ll be it.” He says he wants to “get the music out of my head first.” That’s why Crosby has been recording lots of new […]
Tucker Carlson – Ship of Fools – Simply Fabulous
Recently, I spent an enjoyable afternoon reading Ship of Fools, a fast-paced, dead-on-target expose by Tucker Carlson. From the book: “Trump’s election wasn’t about Trump. It was a throbbing middle finger in the face of America’s ruling class. It was a gesture of contempt, a howl of rage, the end result of decades of selfish and […]
Nike – Fanning the Flames of the Culture War
As shameful and contrary to what we believe today, it’s important to acknowledge “slavery was quite literally a global norm until about 200 years ago,” Steve Cortes reminds readers in RealClearPolitics. Which Brings Us to Nike Several days before America’s 4th of July celebration, Nike acquiesced to demands of the politically correct mob. The company […]
America is the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas, but not in the Northeast
As the title explains America is swimming in natural gas, but if you live in the northeast politics and lack of infrastructure starve the region of this precious source of energy. Stephanie Yang and Ryan Dezember report for The Wall Street Journal: Earlier this year, two utilities that service the New York City area stopped […]
Happy 4th of July, America!
America! Hosted by Jay Nordlinger Your browser does not support the audio element. Jay says “Happy Independence Day” with a buffet of American music, starting with “The Banjo” and ending with “America the Beautiful.” In between, you will have many melodies, many voices, all adding up to America. Have a great one. Track listing for […]
Progressive Liberals Set a Far-Left Course
Ellie Bufkin of The Federalist writes (abridged): If You’re Not a Leftist, You’re Fair Game for Assault In the past year, nearly a dozen members of the Trump administration and conservative lawmakers have been chased out of restaurants and pelted with milkshakes, not for causing civil disruption, but simply for being in public. The new […]
“Blue Dog” Democrats Push for Balanced Budget (Sort of)
John Merrifield and Barry Poulson of The American Spectator write (abridged): Moderate Democrats in Congress are finally showing some backbone. A “Blue Dog” coalition of 27 Democrats is supporting a joint resolution proposing a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Rep. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) introduced the legislation, H.J. Resolution 55. In the current legislative session, Republicans […]
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