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Hickman: Why the Biggest “Threat to Democracy” is the US National Debt
On September 1, 1575, a royal courier from King Philip II of Spain arrived to the banking house of Niccolò de Grimaldi in Genoa. The Grimaldi bank had loaned Philip quite a sum of money, and the Italian bankers already … Continue reading
The Daily Headlines! January 13, 2026:
92 Percent Of Employed Americans Have Cut Back On Spending As The Standard Of Living In The U.S. Crumbles The headline of this article is not a misprint. The reason why “affordability” has become the number one issue for U.S. … Continue reading
Smith: America’s Strength Lies in Rugged Individualism
This is an explanation of the difference between capitalism and collectivism that is honed more towards the average American who probably isn’t interested in specific case comparisons, charts and graphs and all the political minutiae and complexities that are so … Continue reading
1990s Supermarket Receipt Shows SHOCKING 220 Percent Price Increase on Food
A woman who found an old supermarket receipt from 1997 has left the internet stunned over how much prices have increased since then. Zoe Dippel, 24, recently came across the receipt while she was looking through some old momentos with … Continue reading
The Daily Headlines! January 6, 2026:
Hi Ho Silver Away! Silver Breaks $80 as Poor Man’s Gold Explodes While financial headlines often fixate on the steady march of gold or the daily volatility of the tech sector, another asset has quietly exploded in value. Silver, often … Continue reading
Smith ~ The Moral Asymmetry of the American Economy
It’s rather difficult to write about poverty and America’s welfare and the dynamics behind it all, since it truly isn’t simply as black and white as so many might wish for everybody to see it. Today, here in America, one … Continue reading
Garrison: A Silver Journey, a Personal Post
When I was a kid, I searched for empty Coke bottles that could be found discarded along roadsides. In the 1960s they were worth a couple of cents, and so I gathered up what I could carry and cashed them … Continue reading
The Daily Headlines! December 21, 2025
Copper’s Deficit Will Not Be The Only One, Study Shows The global energy transition is running into supply constraints, and copper sits at the center of that problem. The latest research from BloombergNEF shows that the orange metal is facing … Continue reading
The Daily Headlines! December 19, 2025:
The Economy Isn’t Booming or Crashing; It’s Doing Something Stranger The United States is living through an economy that defies the usual labels. Growth is neither roaring ahead nor collapsing, yet households and investors are wrestling with a mix of … Continue reading
People Are Giving Up Because of America’s Terrible Cost of Living
People can’t afford life anymore. Americans are feeling the full impact of the cost of living crisis as inflation, rising groceries, soaring rent, and record energy prices make daily life increasingly unaffordable. Families across America are struggling to keep up … Continue reading







