by Mike Pyatt What is it about the human condition that we miss what we’ve taken for granted, when its gone? A eulogy’s a stark reminder. Common sense too. “Someone said,“Common sense is like deodorant. Those who need it most don’t use it.” That’s one commodity in short supply, nearly …
By Bradley Harrington “If you’d know the value of money, go and borrow some.” — Benjamin Franklin, “Poor Richard’s Almanack,” 1754 — Most of us, personally, understand that we can’t spend money we don’t have — and that if we should, there’s going to be a much huger price to …
By Bradley Harrington “The substitution of economic planning for the market economy removes all freedom and leaves to the individual merely the right to obey … There is no sector of human life in which a decision is left to the individual’s value judgments.” — Ludwig von Mises, “Human Action,” …
by Mike Pyatt When the ship’s captain, Edward J. Smith, ordered the crew to direct the passengers to flee to the lifeboats, that accommodated only about 1200, of the more than the 2,200 passengers and crew, many passengers dismissed the voices of warning, choosing to remain in the “safety” of …
