“Comment as they may and complain about communistic/socialist tendencies of this American government, those who closely study the ‘founding’ documents of this country will find that it is not a popular ‘democracy.’
“Comment as they may and complain about communistic/socialist tendencies of this American government, those who closely study the ‘founding’ documents of this country will find that it is not a popular ‘democracy.’
February 26, 2010
Monday’s issue on the perverse nature of our tax system provoked quite a few letters. George Marshall wrote “Loved the article.”
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February 25, 2010
So consumer confidence took a nosedive on Tuesday. It came in at 46. That’s just not bad. It’s awful.
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February 23, 2010
There’s very little in this world we know for sure. The old Yiddish proverb “We plan, God laughs” says it all. Ben Franklin had a handle on it too: “Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
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February 19, 2010
One of our readers, Christopher, raised several good questions about the February 4th issue of IDE – starting with this: “Just read the article on timber investing. I usually don’t comment negatively on articles, but this one was pretty amateurish."
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February 18, 2010
The amount of crude oil produced per day per well went up in the 1960s. It reached a peak of 18.6 barrels per day per well in 1972. After 1972, productivity generally declined.
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February 16, 2010
There’s a hole in your wallet. Today, I'm going to show you how to plug the leak.
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