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Hillsdale College: What College Is Meant to Be

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UPDATE 10.26.22: Word is getting out about Hillsdale College. Students want to go to a school like Hillsdale, and the class of 2026 is the college’s most selective yet. Admittance rates were only 20%, meaning that a far greater number of students than Hillsdale can hold applied to study there. Hillsdale released a statement on […]

Why Investors Should Forget Prices and Focus on Income

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Originally posted August 30, 2022. Investing can be a dangerous endeavor, especially when it depends on things we don’t control, like prices. Prices are unpredictable, yet it never ceases to amaze me how many retirees bank on the following phrase: “Well, the stock market always comes back.” Really? Allow me to add: “But not on […]

Gold’s 50-Year Price Explosion

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UPDATE: 1.25.23: Gold prices are reaching for new highs, and something interesting is going on in the market for gold. China has been buying up lots of it, and it’s not alone. Other countries are boosting their own gold exposures in a world that is increasingly volatile. Anna Golubova reports for Kitco: China imported more […]

My Key West Garden Office

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Originally posted on March 26, 2021. Hard to believe it has been nearly 30 years since I walked away from dealing with investing clients, prospects, or the financial media. I also stopped speaking at capacity-filled investment conferences around the world from New Orleans to Switzerland to Hong Kong. About that same time, Debbie and I […]

You May Be Surprised by America’s “Least Woke City”

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UPDATE 1.12.23: After Miami was dubbed America’s “Least Woke City” in March of 2022, it reinforced that moniker by swinging to support America’s fiercest foe of “Wokism,” Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis was the first GOP gubernatorial candidate to win in Miami-Dade county since Jeb Bush in 2002. Joshua Chaffin reports on the resurgence of Republicans […]

The County Sheriff: America’s Last Hope

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UPDATE 1.5.23: The left is growing increasingly aware and afraid of the Constitutional Sheriffs movement. The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association was started by Sheriff Richard Mack, who you can read more about below. The CSPOA believes that the county sheriff is a powerful check on any abuse of power by the federal government. […]

“An Epic Struggle Over the Definition of America”

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UPDATE 1.5.23: Joe Biden has announced he will visit the border….two years after moving into the White House. While Biden was ignoring the border crisis, millions of illegal immigrants have been pouring across, burdening American taxpayers with the cost of paying for their processing and welfare. Fox News reports: After President Biden announced Wednesday that […]

A Cashless Society Is A Debacle for Americans

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UPDATE 6/30/22: Alarm bells should be going off for Americans who want a dependable currency. The push for a “digital dollar” is intensifying, and now Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT), the chairman of Congress’s Select Committee on Economic Disparity, is pushing hard for digitizing your dollars. Why is it important that he’s the chairman of the […]

The Problem in America

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UPDATE: I originally posted this on May 29, 2019, but it deserves a second look if you haven’t seen it already. Pay close attention to my friend Johnny Burtka, former executive director of The American Conservative, who has a plan for an America that puts its citizens first. America has a problem. As my wife […]