This weekend, as Tift Merrit and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot jammed away at the Newport Folk Festival, I attended the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Statewide Coalition (RISC, pronounced risk) about a mile away on Goat Island at the Hyatt Regency hotel. RISC is a grassroots taxpayer advocacy group that aims to improve the quality […]
The Benefits of Monolaurin
August 7, 2009 A unique group of saturated fats known as medium-chain fatty acids, which are found in both mother’s milk and coconut oil, offer an array of potential health benefits. Monolaurin, the medium-chain fatty acid in coconut oil, is broken down in the body and mostly used for energy production. This means that it […]
Letter From David Alexrod
Letter from David Axelrod Senior White House Advisor to Deborah Young: Dear Friend, Last night, President Obama addressed the nation in a primetime press conference about health insurance reform. The President made crystal clear what’s at stake in this debate: the fiscal well-being of our nation and the health of our families and small businesses. […]
F-35 Production Shortfall Increases Risk to United States
Your country’s greatest threat to its half-century dominance of the air is the pending gap in Air Force strike fighters. The Senate has voted to kill the F-22, citing costs and a savings of $1.75 billion. After the vote, we now learn that the inferior F-35 is years behind schedule. In retiring 250 F-15s due […]
Kids & Grandkids
Our trip to the “Best Family Resort in New England” (Yankee Magazine) We travel the northeast extensively on our Harleys, but to date had somehow missed the Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville, VT. Lyndonville is in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, three hours north of Boston. The fabulous family resort is part of a 500-acre estate that […]
Waiting for the Dough
On February 17, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1, a bill containing $787 billion tax dollars to be dispersed throughout the country to “stimulate” the economy. Today, $67 billion of the stimulus money has been spent. $24.3 billion went to Health and Human Services to shore up flagging state balance sheets. The Department of […]
Common Stock Diversification
In 1990, John Wiley & Sons, the second largest publisher of business books, asked me to write the first book dedicated solely to the subject of asset allocation for investment professionals. The book, Dynamic Asset Allocation, was a big seller, having been in print for eleven years. The following are some of my thoughts back […]
Protecting Your Food Supply from Disaster
Sailing into Newport, RI, you are taken back in time the moment you pass Fort Adams to starboard. You might pass by on a picture-perfect evening in July, enjoying a light, refreshing breeze, with the sun setting over the Newport Bridge. Or you might sail by while Jimmy Buffett is playing for his fans, on […]
Grass Fed Beef
July 24, 2009 The red meat myth is a travesty that all health-conscious Americans will want to hear about. I have found a number of websites to be especially useful. I will pass each along to you in coming months, so keep an eye out each Friday. Here is #1. Debbie and I recently visited […]
Your Bi-Partisan Government Bankrupts Small Businesses
Your government is failing small business. Americans looking for work just had their chances for employment greatly reduced. This Friday the minimum wage will increase 41% while unemployment is at a 26-year high. How the current minimum wage law came to be is an example of government legislation creating unintended consequences and essentially bankrupting small […]