Last week, the state of Oklahoma made it official — as of November 1st of this year, gold and silver will be legal tender. The Sooner State is the fourth (following Utah, Texas,…
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In a fascinating TED lecture delivered in October, 2009, Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses what she calls “the danger of a single story.” She tells of her childhood reading…
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Years ago when I told a friend that I had married a woman with three children, he remarked “wow, that’s got to be tough. If I did that, I’d constantly…
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Day one of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the world’s biggest sporting event, has not been a good day for the people of Brazil. Police and protesters clashed today in…
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We’re about to commit a major crime — we’re going to call your attention to only four noted Hollywood character actors. Yet since Hollywood’s beginnings shortly after the turn of the…
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You thought it was all over, didn’t you? All of a sudden you’re over 50 — and pounding the pavement for another job. Now you have to mine your brain…
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Why stand on your feet all day for slave wages, when you can get rich on your back? — Tom Carter Prostitutes, drug pushers, pimps, and money launderers — could this conceivably be your…
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Today, President Barack Obama announced expansion of a program that helps student loan borrowers manage their debt. The new plan extends 2010’s “Pay as You Earn” program, that tied student…
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Today marks the 70th anniversary of one of the largest amphibious attacks in history, with more than 4,000 ships, 11,000 warplanes, and 156,000 Allied troops; this day is known as…
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I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five…