Daily Archives: January 27, 2026

What Do You Expect?

Newscasters are referred to as “readers”. What that means is that they have a teleprompter in front of them, and they read whatever is on the teleprompter. They don’t necessarily know what they will read in advance. They are very highly paid for a rather easy job. The challenge lay in the fact that they […]

Weights & Measures!

The above Norman Rockwell painting, Tipping the Scales, has a humorous quality to it, and appears benign, but is it? If we’re talking a 1 gram difference in weight as regards gold, that’s approximately $170 today! Readers of this BLOG are already familiar with this writer’s vehement objections to fiat currency, but what about other […]