You don’t go to Key West to golf, but, if you’re in Key West and want to, then you’re in for a treat. There’s a great 18-hole, southernmost course just outside of Old Town KW. It’s just far enough to enjoy your chocolate croissant and con leche or to split a cuban mix from 5 […]
RIP Chuck Yeager, the Right Stuff
Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot, died on Monday night at the age of 97. Born in 1923 in West Virginia, Yeager, son of a coal miner and gas driller, embodied the American spirit. From The Federalist: The magnitude of (Yeager’s) heroics is impossible to summarize succinctly. After enlisting in 1941, Yeager served as a fighter […]
RIP Walter E. Williams
Economist Walter Williams died on Wednesday after teaching his final class at George Mason University on Tuesday. Mr. Williams, 84, was “born in poverty raised by a single mother in the projects of North Philadelphia, a college drop-out, he overcame all types of adversity to become a nationally renowned professor, economist and columnist,” according to […]
John Mackey’s Simple Message: Elevate Humanity Through Business
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wants the world to know that capitalism is the “greatest thing humanity’s ever done.” Capitalism has raised more of the world out of poverty than all other systems of economic organization combined. Mackey is now selling his book, in which he makes the case for capitalism by changing the narrative […]
Bill Ayers and Black Lives Matter
Originally posted August 9, 2016. “BLM (Black Lives Matter) has within its grasp the radical revolutionary goals the Bill Ayers activists of old, and more recent new class of far-left operatives, had before now been unable to attain,” writes Anne Sorock, president of The Frontier Lab. The Frontier lab specializes in applying private-sector market research […]
“I Never Saw My Kids,” He Said. “Now, I See Them All the Time”
A few thoughts as we await the recounts and the lawsuits. Game on. I was talking with a client this week who used to commute to Boston every day. It was an hour and a half each way. It was a soul-sucking endeavor. “I never saw my kids,” he said. “Now, I see them all […]
“I Learned English because of You” RIP Alex Trebek
Jeopardy contestant Burt Thakur to Alex Trebek: “I learned English because of you. My grandfather who raised me…I used to sit on his lap and watch you every day.” Alex Trebek will be deeply missed. pic.twitter.com/WGn4j78QPI — Alexis Benveniste (@apbenven) November 8, 2020
Good Satire is Hard to Find
If you’re like me, you stopped watching the “comedy” shows on TV long ago. They are barely disguised leftist political and ideological propaganda in our politicized and polarized age. And if you’re like me, you sorely need some good laughs as the election approaches. I have a suggestion for you. I think that really good […]
Lockdown-Weary? Come to South Dakota!
In Custer, SD. I had had it with my state’s liberal Democrat governor and his Covid-19 lockdown edicts, so I headed for a much-needed vacation in South Dakota. Now that I’ve been here a few days, I invite you to join me. Freedom is still valued here in the heart of the Heartland! Kristi Noem […]
Vaya con Dios, David Franke
Originally posted October 29, 2020. My friend and an on-and-off business associate for over four decades, David Franke passed away yesterday after suffering a massive heart attack. I first met David Franke when he was editor of the excellent Silver and Gold Report, owned by one of my investment newsletter industry favorites, Dan Rosenthal. Sometime […]
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