On the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day and the Coronavirus Scamdemic

The iconic Champs-Élysées and its Arc de Triomphe stand eerily empty before V-E Day ceremonies Friday in Paris. This month (May 8th) marks the 75th anniversary of “V-E Day” when German forces unconditionally surrendered to the “Allies.”  Numerous articles, essays, and monographs have appeared commemorating the anniversary and while all are mostly laudatory, some have … Continue reading On the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day and the Coronavirus Scamdemic

Is Bitcoin A Diversion from the Natural Monetary Order?

As modern man continues to wantonly deviate, flaunt, and reject the natural law and the Divinely-created order from which it derives, it is not surprising that illusions like Bitcoin and other crypto currencies have captured the imagination of many and have provided a vehicle for scammers to rip off their fellow man. Crypto currencies are … Continue reading Is Bitcoin A Diversion from the Natural Monetary Order?

The Fed’s “Inflation Target” is Impoverishing American Workers

   Fed Chair Jerome Powell apparently doesn't see the pernicious effects of inflation At one time, the Federal Reserve’s sole mandate was to maintain stable prices and to “fight inflation.”  To the Fed, the financial press, and most everyone else “inflation” means rising prices instead of its original and true definition as an increase in … Continue reading The Fed’s “Inflation Target” is Impoverishing American Workers

“Strong Dollar,” “Weak Dollar,” What About a Gold-Backed Dollar?

The recent hullabaloo among President Trump’s top monetary officials about the Administration’s “dollar policy” is just the start of what will likely be the first of many contradictory pronoucements and reversals which will take place in the coming months/years as the world’s reserve currency continues to be compromised.  So far, the Greenback has had its … Continue reading “Strong Dollar,” “Weak Dollar,” What About a Gold-Backed Dollar?

What President Trump and the West Can Learn from China

Instead of a demonstration of its overwhelming military might intended to intimidate tiny North Korea and pressure China to lean on its defiant communist neighbor, President Trump and the West should try to learn a few things from China. The President’s trip to the Far East came on the heels of the completion of China’s … Continue reading What President Trump and the West Can Learn from China

Bitcoin: A Tower of Monetary Babel

The promoters of crypto currencies have gushingly touted them as the mechanism by which the present central banking cabal and the system of nation states which derive much of their power from will be brought down and replaced by digital money.  Despite their meteoric rise as speculative “assets,” there are fundamental economic reasons why they … Continue reading Bitcoin: A Tower of Monetary Babel

Bitcoin in an Illusionary Age

It is altogether fitting that crypto currencies, in particular Bitcoin, have witnessed a meteoric rise in this illusionary age.  Not only has their monetary value gone to dizzying heights, but they are now being touted as the destroyer of the current, crumbling monetary order and the next paradigm upon which a new money and banking … Continue reading Bitcoin in an Illusionary Age

The Ultimate Regulatory Reform: Abolish Fractional Reserve Banking!

The Trump Administration has presented the first part of its plan to overhaul a number of Wall Street financial regulations, many of which were enacted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.  The report is in response to Executive Order 13772 in which the US Treasury Department is to provide findings "examining the United … Continue reading The Ultimate Regulatory Reform: Abolish Fractional Reserve Banking!

Donald & the Dollar

John Connally, President Nixon's Secretary of the Treasury, once remarked to the consternation of Europe's financial elites over America's inflationary monetary policy, that the dollar "is our currency, but your problem."  Times have certainly changed and it now appears that the dollar has become an American problem. In a recent interview with the Wall Street … Continue reading Donald & the Dollar

Pope Francis Now International Monetary Guru

Neo-Marxist Pope Francis As the new year dawns, it seems the current occupant of St. Peter’s Chair will take on a new function which is outside the purview of the office that the Divine Founder of his institution had clearly mandated.  Besides being a self proclaimed expert on global warming and a vociferous advocate of … Continue reading Pope Francis Now International Monetary Guru