Monthly Archives: July, 2026

China Loses Two Decades of Real Estate Gains

You may remember my warnings in 2012 against direct investment in China. I thought then that the country's numbers looked funny, and that it...

Trump: U.S.-Iran Ceasefire “Over”

In a press conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, President Donald Trump explained that, in his thinking, the memorandum of understanding between...

US Navy Moves to Protect Ballistic Missile Subs from Drones

US Rethinks Protection of Its Nuclear Sub Fleet The US Navy is reassessing how it protects its ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) as the rapid spread...

The Good People of These Colonies

In the WSJ, Walter Russell Mead discusses the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the argument among Americans about who are the "real...

“I Want Preservation of Principal and Growth”

In my conversations with a few prospective clients, not all of course, answers to some of my questions are enlightening. For example, when I...

Must Reads

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from Dick and Debbie in the Florida...

Former Prince Andrew Is First Epstein Associate Arrested

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been arrested in...

Elizabeth Warren’s Affordability

Originally posted January 15, 2026. A Fatal Conceit Why is affording...

RIP Rabbi Dov Fischer

In The American Spectator, Melissa Mackenzie eulogizes her friend...