Jordan B. Peterson is Controlled Opposition
Jordan B. Peterson is controlled opposition and doesn’t even know it. He was annointed for success because of his centrist, yet progressive views. Popular media portrayed him as conservative, and conservatives being dumb as mashed mice, they believed it. Here’s one of Dr. Peterson’s recent tweets. Liberals do not follow JBP, at least not for …
We Are in a Post Financial Era
I think about investing a lot. I’m thrifty. I’m a value investor. I’ve read “The. Intelligent Investor” and “Security Analysis.” I’ve done all the practice problems in Newnan’s “Engineering Economic Analysis.” I’ve read Geraldine Weiss. I’ve done OK. Better than OK. But for the last two years none of the traditional value approaches to investing …
Let’s Think About the Right, not Conservatism
There’s nothing, or at least very little, left to conserve. As a good friend asks, “what precisely are we trying to preserve?” Not much I say. We need a new right wing ideology, a set of beliefs that guide decision making. Try some of these on. Man is not perfectable. We aren’t progressing towards any …
I was wrong and right about deflation.
Last year, in 2020, I stated on livestreams that I believed we were in danger of entering a deflationary cycle. A follower asked if I still believe this to be the case. I’m not sure. My arguments for deflation were based on how money is created . It’s no longer printed, it’s created by issuing …
A Birthday Letter
A friend recently turned 40. His wife let me know he wasn’t keen on that. I decided to write him a letter. Here it is. Friend, Congratulations sir. You’ve stayed on the warm side of the dirt for 40 years now. Most people in history haven’t been able to do that. It wasn’t long ago …