Atlanta, GA August 29, 2022 Rahm Emmanuel famously advised governments to “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” He needn’t have worried. They rarely do, even if they create the “crisis” to take the advantage. Which they usually do. It’s one of the few things the State does well. And it’s gotten better at […]
Atlanta, GA August 14, 2022 Today is my maternal grandparents’ eightieth anniversary. I wish they were here to celebrate their marriage. But I’m relieved they’re not around to mourn their country. A couple years ago we imagined what one of their contemporaries might’ve thought of how their descendants have treated their bountiful inheritance. Today I’m […]
Atlanta, GA August 6, 2022 “Richelieu founded Odessa – watched over it with paternal care – labored with a fertile brain and a wise understanding for its best interests – spent his fortune freely to the same end – endowed it with a sound prosperity, and one which will yet make it one of the […]
Atlanta, GA July 21, 2022 Before it’s leaders made it an uninhabitable sh*thole, San Francisco was one of the greatest cities in the world. I loved the City, absorbed its history, and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. I considered it my “adopted home town”. It was beautiful. And it still is. From afar. Like a […]
Auburn, AL July 12, 2022 “The level of spending and income in America may be increasing according to government statistics, but if Americans work longer hours than they ever did and their basic nutrition is deteriorating, there must be something seriously wrong with the money they’re using, both as a store and measure of value.” […]
July 4, 2022 “Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars’ worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it.” – Henny Youngman The chickens are coming home to roost. But when they arrive, they’re bringing fewer eggs. Independence Day is here, but the shackles seem to be […]
Atlanta, GA June 26, 2022 Markets, they say, are forward-looking. The one for lumber is no exception. It realized the last couple years that shops and businesses would need abundant wood to board their windows. Supplies shrank, prices rose. Proprietors shielded their storefronts from lockdown looters, BLM rioters, and the expected mêlée from admirers of […]
Atlanta, GA June 15, 2022 Trapped by our political pilots on what appears to be a cultural kamikaze mission, let’s sample their potpourri of disaster as we hurtle helplessly toward the ground. Up the aisle, a stewardess stumbles toward us amid the incessant turbulence of accelerating societal decay. Her dilapidated cart is laden with assorted […]
Atlanta, GA June 8, 2022 “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that is the Stuff Life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin The last couple years made it easy to feel sorry for ourselves. A select few of us have the fortitude to resist the temptation. Most of us don’t. I […]
Atlanta, GA May 28, 2022 We recently learned that Trader Joe’s is discontinuing a highly-desired cat food despite its enormous popularity. Stores can’t keep the shelves stocked. They’re being stripped from both sides of the demand-supply equation. Customers love the product, and clean it out whenever it arrives. But labor, material, and shipping constraints leave […]