Bear-Stearns Plus 6 Years

We’re coming up on the six year anniversary of the Bear-Stearns sale to JPMorgan. That was the event that motivated me to dig into the realities of the financial world. I’m preparing a bigger anniversary post for March 16th, (the anniversary of the actual...
Random Thoughts on Faith

Random Thoughts on Faith

I was taught in Bible class that faith was a gift from God. That means, “if you have faith, it is because God gave it to you, not because you did something to create it in yourself.” Ergo, people of faith have faith because it was given to them; nor is it...
Lance Armstrong: Cheater or Hero?

Lance Armstrong: Cheater or Hero?

He won the Tour de France a record seven times. Yet his name is missing from the record books because he “cheated.” He used something called “performance enhancing drugs.” What a farce. Let’s break it down. When your body is the tool of...
Why Gold?

Why Gold?

Lacking an understanding what money is and does, you cannot begin to understand why gold is historically the best money. The qualities that all good money will ideally posses are: Durability – does it rust? rot? corrode? melt? Divisibility – does its value...
Why Traffic Jams Occur

Why Traffic Jams Occur

This post comes under the heading of “Not Exactly Scientific but Darned-Reliable Nonetheless”. I was driving home the other day amidst the normal horrors of the southbound 101 at rush hour, and was irritated to see that traffic was stalled and slowed much...