Balance Is Most Important
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein I have never been a balanced human being, always struggling with extremism. I exercise too much. I work too hard. I eat too healthy. I take too many supplements. I focus too intently for…
Miners Makin’ Money
“Gold—what can it not do, and undo?” – William Shakespeare I grew up in the 1970s and 80s. My dad was an environmental scientist with an obsession for gold. After he saw Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) with Henry Ford, he got himself an Indiana Jones hat, a bullwhip,…
Gold, Silver, or Bitcoin?
“No State shall…make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.”—The U.S. Constitution (Article 1: Section 10, Clause 1) Our Founding Fathers—Franklin (1706-1790), Washington (1732-1799), Adams (1735-1826), Jefferson (1743-1826), Madison (1751-1836), and Hamilton (1755-1804)—didn’t trust the States. They didn’t trust the national government either, which…
Collateral Is Not Debt
“Gold is money. Everything else is credit.” —J.P. Morgan Last week, I had the opportunity to listen to a Steve St. Angelo interview, and it occurred to me that at some point in recent history, we edited reality and formed a new story that we then mistook for truth. Steve…
I was admitted to the hospital last week
No grandma’s chicken noodle soup…no herbal teas, yoga mats, massages, workout gear…no green smoothies or turmeric shots…no vitamins or herbs…no communication…no continuity…and not much common sense. This week was the first time in my life that I’ve ever been admitted to a hospital from the Emergency Room. I’ve delivered babies…
A Healthy International Monetary System
When I lived in Italy, my colleague used to point out a town to me that didn’t use money. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the name of the town, but it was on the way to Castiglione della Pescaia from our home in Badia a Passignano. It was quaint, small, and…
The Four Giants: Nvidia, Bitcoin, Dollar, and Gold
“If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.” —Isaac Newton In February, we saw something extraordinary—the price of gold was near all-time record highs, and the gold and silver miners were more oversold than ever before in history. There’s never…
Stop Menticide Now
When I was a college student at Indiana University in Bloomington, I often went to Collins Hall for lunch. Later I learned that Collins was where lived the infamous Jim Jones who led a mass suicide of 918 people in Guyana, on November 18, 1978. At his direction, followers in…
Are you sure want to save democracy?
Something happened to me coming home from Malaysia. On my flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo, a skinny American gal with long straight black hair and big round glasses sat down next to me. She looked like a character from anime, so it didn’t surprise me when a moppy-haired Japanese…
Mystery of The Magnificent Seven
It was my last night in Malaysia, on the way back from dinner. I stopped to get some fruit and a fresh coconut across the street from the hotel. While waiting for the salesman to harvest it for me, I couldn’t help but notice the contrast. To my left was…