Category Archives: The History of it All

Up until recently I had never given much thought to the subject of economics. I never took an economics class in school and my understanding of the subject could be best explained by, “Don’t spend more than you earn.” However, … Continue reading →

All the usurpation, and tyranny, and extortion, and robbery, and fraud, that are involved in the monopoly of money are practised, and attempted to be justified, under the pretence of maintaining the standard of value. This pretence is intrinsically a … Continue reading →

~ “Nova Roma” ~ March 2012 ~ Rome in the days of the Republic was a city-state, not an empire. Their army was comprised of citizen-soldiers, called to duty in times of peril. The afterglow of their system of government … Continue reading →

It amuses me whenever I hear President Trump and his fellow Republicans excoriating Democrats Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other leftists for being socialists. After all, let’s not forget that Trump and Republicans, along with their Democratic cohorts, … Continue reading →

NOTE: The following article was written by Harry Hurt III and published in the September 1980 issue of Playboy Magazine. We previously published this column in June 0f 2012. The time has come to look back on history. Sadly, the … Continue reading →

“Take that copper!” ~ James Cagney, Angels With Dirty Faces, Dir. Michael Curtiz; Warner Bros, 1938 Right off the bat, copper is a very different metal. Like gold, it’s easy to work with for relatively simple tools and technologies, but … Continue reading →

In the early 1530s, a Spanish conquistador named Diego de Ordaz was exploring modern-day Venezuela when he first heard rumors of a nearby City of Gold. Ordaz thought he was about to hit the jackpot. And he wasted no time … Continue reading →

As the media begins to roil with reports of bank delays in the distribution of business recovery loans from the government plan to save business from the effects of quarantine and closure, it is important to ask if there is … Continue reading →

About once a year we will return to a series of posts from the past – most – if not all of them will come back to haunt us once more. BEWARE of the repetition of history. ~ Ed. Glass-Steagall … Continue reading →

The Union’s financial success depended on military success. As presidential aide John Hay wrote in an anonymous newspaper article in January 1862 when any movement by the Union Army was stalled: “The Secretary of Finance has displayed wonderful zeal and … Continue reading →