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Survival+ 4: The Remnant, the Pareto Principle and You
(March 30, 2009)

Survival+ 3: The Art of Survival, Taoism and the Warring States
(March 28, 2009)

Survival+: Chapter Two
(March 25, 2009)

Three Comments
(March 24, 2009)

Survival+: Chapter One
(March 23, 2009)

The "Can't Do" Spirit
(March 20, 2009)

Are We "Rational" or Merely Adolescent?
(March 19, 2009)

The Migration of Capital and Human Talent
(March 18, 2009)

The Return of Big Government and the (de facto) Welfare State
(March 17, 2009)

End of an Era: What Isn't Coming Back
(March 16, 2009)

Readers Comments
(March 14, 2009)

Friday Quiz: Inventor of the Web
(March 13, 2009)

The Dematerialization of America
(March 12, 2009)

Could Cities Be Safer Than Suburbs?
(March 11, 2009)

Trendlines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
(March 10, 2009)

The Road to National Insolvency
(March 9, 2009)

Wrapup Comments on the Education Factory
(March 7, 2009)

More on the Education Factory
(March 6, 2009)

Retooling the Education Factory
(March 5, 2009)

Thoughts on the USA – 1968 to 2009
(March 4, 2009)

Hanging On, or How to Get Through a Depression and Enjoy Life
(March 3, 2009)

How to Play the Oil "Head-Fake" or, The Saudis Strike Back
(March 2, 2009)


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Extra-Special Bonus Aphorisms:

"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity." (Douglas MacArthur)

"Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false, ride that trend, and step off before it is discredited." (George Soros)

"To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness? (William Makepeace Thackeray, recommended by U.Doran)

"Daydreams of a fair world which would treat him according to his real worth are the refuge of all those plagued by a lack of self-knowledge." (Ludwig von Mises)

"The way of the Tao is reversal." (Lao Tzu)

"Chance favours the prepared mind." (Louis Pasteur)

"It is neither necessary to hope to undertake, nor to succeed to persevere." (William of Orange)

"You must have a willingness to do something when everyone else is petrified. You must learn the lesson of following logic over emotion." (Warren Buffett)

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." (Winston Churchill)

"Where there is ruin, there is hope for treasures." (Rumi)

"May a fair road always be open to you." (CHS, April 2, 2006)

"A healthy homecooked family meal and a home garden are revolutionary acts." (CHS, May 2008)

"Greed is a wonderful motivator but fear works much faster." (Riley T., Sept. 2008)

"You don't miss what you no longer want." (CHS, August 2008)

"Food is wealth, health is wealth, energy is wealth; all else is illusion." (CHS, December 15, 2008)