I am not a fan of the three or four time Presidential candidate, Ron Paul. My opinions about the ideology of Ron Paul are well-documented, as are my opinions of many (not all) of his followers. But despite my lack of appreciation for...
A month or so back I read Thomas McCraw's very informative work, The Founders and Finance. The book essentially paints a picture of the early developments in American finance, particularly as directed by three immigrants (Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, and Albert Gallatin). Because...
This piece does a great basic run-down of how things really work for the wealthy, and how Mickelson essentially keeps 26 cents of every dollar he earns going forward (if he is lucky). Ultimately, many don't care what guys like Phil experience from a...
My answer for a little while when people I encounter around the country ask me where I live has been, "Newport Beach". When they say, "Oh, California", I say, "No, Newport Beach". My disgust with California has not affected my love of the...
I have been saying for months and months and months that there was no such thing as a fiscal cliff, that there was no way either party was going to let the tax rates go up for 98% of the population, and that there was...
I am a sucker for new year's resolutions. I like the whole thing - evaluating the year behind and goal-setting for the year ahead. The whole thing is fun for me, but also serves as a sort of motivator and bench-marking tool in terms of...
My tax rates are going up in 2013 no matter what. They always were going to. Investment rates are going up to some degree; that also was never in doubt (though the extent of the increase remains unknown). Any substantive addressing of...
My conservative friends who think that always holding a hard line is the best thing for the brand of Republicanism as well as my purist friends who mistake idealism for progress are BOTH wrong. I want to be on record as saying that while...
The election results of 2012, despite a few victories around the country (Heller over Berkeley in the Nevada Senate race; Jeff Flake in the Arizona Senate race; the GOP House keeping a few key seats and certainly the overall majority), were mostly an utter disaster...
I have been inundated with emails, tweets, texts, messages, and inquiries over the last 24 hours wondering how I am doing. I am deeply appreciative of the concern. I was highly vested in the Presidential election and I was both surprised and disappointed...
