About 15 years ago I discovered Stoic philosophy. It’s much easier to find and hold new things when it’s in hand and I spent that day in Barnes and Nobles on [ … ]

George W Bush is back, he is a cute guy, making funny faces at ball games and having difficulty putting on his rain slicker at an inauguration.He is adorable! (How many [ … ]

There are multiple sources of friction in the Perpetual Motion Money Machine. The two games are connected: asset bubbles require leverage and credit. Prices for homes, stocks, bonds, bat guano futures, [ … ]

Dalrymple warns of a “creeping sovietization”: In the literal sense, the West triumphed in the Cold War. Nevertheless, a kind of creeping sovietization has overtaken it as if in revenge. [ … ]

Do you wonder why the legacy media are such puzzled otherworldly twits? Why, for example, they had no idea what was happening in the recent election? Why they seem to know [ … ]

If you want to understand why we’re fragmenting as a society, start by looking at the asymmetric burdens imposed by inflation. The cost of a regular burrito from our local [ … ]

Predictions should be short, any narrative is an opportunity to back out. Either you’re predicting the refrigerator light will turn on when you open the door, or that it won’t. [ … ]

I have a simple rating system: DON’T SEE IT, SEE IT, WHATEV. Here’s some examples of each… Orange is the new black: WHATEV – look, women love the show and if [ … ]

Japan has managed to offset decades of deflationary dynamics, but at a cost that is hidden beneath the surface of apparent stability. Do we implode in a deflationary death spiral [ … ]

Politics is a nasty business, there are a lot of ethical and moral compromises to win, and more to stay ‘won’. A No BS review. Get me Roger Stone I [ … ]