With first responders stretched thin, and some Americans getting desperate, it’s no surprise to see increased looting. In San Francisco a few days ago, looters hit a Walgreens, stealing from a rack of products before fleeing by jumping on a bus. Here’s the story from Dave Urbanski at The Blaze: A brazen couple was caught […]
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XVII
“Don’t let the cure be worse than the problem,” a thoughtful, and weary President Trump explained last night to America in a tone that was right on the money for the situation at hand. President Trump explained how we all need to do our part and that America was not built to be shut down […]
You Want a Gun? Gov. Raimondo Says You Have to Wait
People across America are lining up to purchase guns and ammunition in an effort to protect their families from the threat of looting and violence during the COVID-19 crisis. They remember times like Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina when the worst Americans took advantage of the weak by looting their homes and businesses. Already there are […]
RIP Kenny Rogers
Long-time friend Bob Morrison wrote the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song “You Decorated My Life.” He was ASCAP’s Country Songwriter of the Year in 1978, 1980, 1981, and 1982, and inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016. Here’s an email exchange on the passing of Kenny Rogers. EJ It was great to hear […]
“Some Sixty Million People Died in World War II”
When you read the following quotes from Victor Davis Hanson’s The Second World Wars it becomes crystal clear why bad actors like Iran’s Soleimani needed to be killed. Quotes from Victor Davis Hanson’s: The Second World Wars: Some sixty million people died in World War II. [Hitler’s] Axis losers killed or starved to death about […]
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XVI
When it feels like things are changing by the hour, a week feels like a year, and three weeks a lifetime. That’s how I feel this morning as I write to you from Newport, having scrambled home Monday, cutting short our ski vacation in Telluride, CO. Last Friday, at this time, we were waking up […]
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XV
You’ll recall it wasn’t too long ago that investing legends Warren Buffett, Jack Bogle, and my father in law Dick Young were calling for a prolonged period of reduced returns. Not only for the stock market but for bonds, as Dick Young’s North Star was scraping the bottom of the charts as if it had […]
Coronavirus: The Safety of America’s Food Supply Chain
Coronavirus has sparked what may be a new phenomenon in history, global panic-buying at grocery stores. Panic buying is nothing new, of course, but seeing it happen in so many countries at once is certainly rare, if not new. The world’s supply chains are more intertwined than they have ever been. With a shock to […]
Americans Arming Themselves Ahead of Coronavirus Uncertainty
Across America, people are hitting their local gun shops for ammo and firearms. In Florida, background checks for gun purchases have soared. Gabrielle Calise and Langston Taylor report for the Tampa Bay Times: Toilet paper and hand sanitizer aren’t the only things Floridians are stocking up during the coronavirus pandemic. People across the state are rushing to […]
Americans Buying Guns: Prepping for Life in Quarantine
Many Americans are frantically buying household products, food, and guns in the face of potential quarantines. Deborah Villalon reports for KTVU Fox 2 that people are afraid of a breakdown in essential services, like policing. Arming themselves is a precaution against looting and violence in the face of police shortages. She reports: Also seeing a […]
