Principles

We have all had moments where we realized that if we had only known more or had critical information, we would have avoided making a serious mistake. Today there are a considerable number of elites in high places in America who embrace a vision for reordering America wherein our constitutional republican government would be supplanted by a new system to accommodate a new global order. It may be a shorter step than what most would think, for in the last 115 years America has seen its governance evolve from a constitutional republic into an unaccountable administrative state with little resistance. The critical lesson of history that every freedom-loving person needs to grasp is this: The entire world lived in political Read More ›

A hot question among economic pundits of late is, “What will replace the US dollar (USD) as the world’s reserve currency?” Perhaps a better question is, “Does there need to be an actual replacement?” Currently, the USD plays several major roles: There would appear to be no current alternative that completely contains every one of these attributes.  But recently, there has been a plethora of bi-lateral and multi-lateral trade agreements, particularly among the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), which provide the ability to settle trade transactions in local currency or other acceptable payment mechanisms, thus satisfying the USD role number one cited above.  Simply put, if a country can settle much of its trade liabilities without requiring the Read More ›