Tag Archives: freedom

Change We Can Believe In: Soak the Rich

Posted on September 27, 2011 by MN Gordon

Sometime in early 1848 French poet Alphonse de Lamartine had a change of appetite.  For whatever reason, he no longer took to gobbling up frog legs but to gobbling up the new, forward thinking, ideas of the day. It all … Continue reading →

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Default Now

Posted on July 8, 2011 by MN Gordon

It is too bad that idiots don’t warn people before they do something really stupid.  Perhaps someone of sound mind could intercept them and redirect their misguided intentions. Instead they seem to attract other kindreds…where they thrash about with self-reinforcing … Continue reading →

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Independence Day Celebration

Posted on July 1, 2011 by MN Gordon

[Editor’s Note: Today we break from our customary observations on money and markets. Monday’s Independence Day, after all, and while we’re still hard at work, we hope you have already commenced your holiday weekend.  But before you hang out the … Continue reading →

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History Is Coming

Posted on May 6, 2011 by MN Gordon

Mother Teresa once said, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”  The way things are going, soon many people won’t only not be able to feed one person…they won’t be able to feed themselves. According to … Continue reading →

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