

"Sell Me This Pen!"
During one of my recent home-alone lockdowns, I watched The Wolf of Wall Street for the third or fourth time and became fixated by the...


Finding Keats at a Red-Hot Speakeasy
With Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” streaming through my Sony Walkman, I packed my black trunk and waited on the front steps of my...


Why Gold Matters
In the wake of the financial crisis, I’ve found myself creating content for three different precious metals companies and at least half a...


The Hurt Locker! US Debt, QE and Affordable Care
The ominous ticking of the US economy is deafening. While job loss numbers are down, home values are up, and the stock market is soaring...


The Glory of the Past and the Commotion of the Present
We are a distracted people – and by distracted, I don’t merely mean that we are momentarily preoccupied, rather we are incapable of...


Crypto-Currencies, Bitcoins, Cyber Money and Gold
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Peercoin, Mastercoin, Anoncoin, Zerocoin … the sudden, frenetic rush of cyber currencies is hard to keep up with. This...