FARC peace deal crushed by Colombian voters

It is no secret that secret Swiss bank accounts are not so secret anymore, as political elites throughout the world led by the U.S. government wage an all-out war against financial privacy, even to the point of scheming to stamp out cash.   But Swiss financial innovation knows no bounds.  To meet the intensifying demand for financial privacy and for protection against unstable banks, negative interest rates and other “unconventional” monetary policies, Swiss entrepreneurs have purchased and refurbished former military bunkers hidden deep in the bowels of the Swiss Alps and transformed them into huge warehouses for storing gold.  Unlike banks, these warehousing firms are not obliged to report suspicious … Continue reading →

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Pundits have declared a “New Cold War.” If only! The Cold War was a time when leaders focused on reducing tensions between nuclear powers. What we have today is much more dangerous: Washington’s reckless and irresponsible aggression toward the other major nuclear powers, Russia and China. During my lifetime American presidents worked to defuse tensions with Russia. President John F. Kennedy worked with Khrushchev to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Richard Nixon negotiated SALT I and the anti-ballistic missile treaty, and Nixon opened to Communist China. President Carter negotiated SALT II. Reagan worked with Soviet leader Gorbachev and ended … Continue reading →

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Although my birthday was in August, I chose a rather autumnal melancholy moment of September to celebrate it—mourn it, rather. There are no ifs or buts about it, turning 80 is like that final beautiful gleam of light just before you lose consciousness during a boxing bout. The beauty of adolescence is that one doesn’t know why one’s angry or unhappy. The tragedy of old age is that one does know. I was a lucky young man. I was often angry but hardly ever unhappy. That is why The Catcher in the Rye was my favorite book, along with Tender … Continue reading →

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Having lived most of my adult life on the West Coast of the US, the probability of a major earthquake has not been an if but a when proposition. The same can be said for residents of the East Coast; simply change the word “earthquake” to “hurricane”.  For middle America, there are tornados. The point is that regardless of where you live, there is a risk of a natural disaster happening in your own backyard.  It is simply a matter of when. Are you ready?  The most likely answer to that question is sure, kinda sorta.  Most of us are … Continue reading →

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Are you looking for time-tested cures for a hangover? Fear not: these Greek and Roman remedies to alleviate a hangover or prevent one could come in handy. In the ancient understanding of the body, drunkenness, and attendant headache, nausea, and dizziness, are caused by an imbalance in your humours. Excess wine will cause over-heating of your humours, and you must try to use cooling agents to feel better. Don’t be a barbarian Dilute your wine with water – the water will temper the heating effect of the wine. The Greeks and Romans frowned upon anyone who drank their wine “neat”, … Continue reading →

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In Mexico, gangs assassinate Catholic cardinal-archbishops. They assassinate presidential candidates. They assassinate mayors, civic leaders, journalists, and of course, they massacre demonstrating students – often by the dozens. They routinely gang-rape women who are heading north to the border – after charging them thousands of dollars for promising to get them there. Some of these assassins, rapists, and other career criminals work for drug kingpins, but some also work clandestinely with the corruptos – the deadly merry-go-round of wealthy politicians, businessmen, military officers, and other powerbrokers that have plagued and pillaged the country and kept it poor for almost a … Continue reading →

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 California is on high alert after a series of ‘mini quakes’ this week raised fears a ‘megaquake’ on the San Andreas fault could be coming. A series of more than 35 temblors struck a rural area of Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico border in what seismologists call a ‘swarm’ of quakes. The swarm dramatically increases the likelihood of a much more major quake in Southern California, at least temporarily, the U.S. Geological Survey said. For the seven-day period following Tuesday, the chances of a magnitude-7 or greater earthquake being triggered on the southern San Andreas fault are as high as … Continue reading →

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PDF:  The Hamiltonian — Issue 7-alternate.pdfThis week’s Hamiltonian features a lead story by Jeff Steinberg on the victory on JASTA, remarks by Senator Black on Syria, an interview with NYC Schiller Institute Community Chorus founder Diane Sare,…

PDF:  The Hamiltonian — Issue 7-alternate.pdfThis week’s Hamiltonian features a lead story by Jeff Steinberg on the victory on JASTA, remarks by Senator Black on Syria, an interview with NYC Schiller Institute Community Chorus founder Diane Sare,…