The West Without a Center “When the center fails to hold, mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” — W.B. Yeats The West was once bound by a shared center. It offered an understanding of what a human being is, what constitutes virtue, and where authority derives its legitimacy. This…
“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein My oldest son graduated with honors in mechanical engineering in May 2025—and still doesn’t have a full-time job. He moved back home and spends his days sending out applications between rebuilding…
How a Trip to Uruguay Changed the Way I Think About Money “Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.” —Genesis 13:2 Three weeks ago, I stepped off a plane in Montevideo and spent two weeks exploring Uruguay—endless empty beaches, rolling green hills dotted with cattle, gauchos…
Lessons on chaos and emergence from the universe itself “The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.” – Arthur Eddington The Dissolving World Open a news feed, scroll a timeline, wander the comment threads, and you can watch competing realities collide in…
Parallels Between 1929 and Today’s Financial Fragility “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 In the final months of 1929, America looked unstoppable. Cities glowed with electric light. Streets swarmed with automobiles. Radios carried jazz, ball scores, and a steady stream of…
“Our intellect has created a new world that dominates nature, and has populated it with monstrous machines.” — C.G. Jung, The Earth Has a Soul Last week, while picking up a book at the library, I noticed a small box marked “Free Books.” On top of the pile lay a…
How a forgotten economist foresaw the crises we’re repeating today “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” — T. S. Eliot, Choruses from The Rock In 2025, global debt hovers at levels unseen since the Great Depression. Inequality has…
“In the end, money is just a belief system — and when that belief falters, people reach for what’s real.” — Ray Dalio If you’ve been following the precious-metals world lately, you’ve probably noticed a growing sense of unease — and for good reason. Gold and silver have been rising…
Why 2025 Belongs to the Miners, Not the Machines “That which is exalted among men is abomination in the sight of God.” — Luke 16:15 You’ve seen it a thousand times: breathless coverage of AI, ChatGPT, Nvidia, Bitcoin — “the next frontier.” It’s as if the media has declared 2025…
“It’s not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” — Mark Twain When I was a little girl, I had big questions. Why do we have to sleep? Why do we die? Why do we need money to…
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