Preparing For the Next Black Swans

Preparing For the Next Black Swans

In my previous post I described how business cycle booms and busts are the norm, not the exception. Also, surprises, accidents and disappointments will happen regularly.  We should all prepare for these national and individual Black Swans, and those of us who are...
The Next Black Swan

The Next Black Swan

It has now been almost seven years since the world went through its last financial meltdown, or Black Swan, and from sixty-eight years of personal observation, it’s about time for another one, because they always eventually happen, no matter what the elites and the...
Scouting the Future

Scouting the Future

I was rummaging around in the future and found this Boy Scouts of America policy document, distributed in 2023.  It was written for the large group of gay Boy Scout leaders who began entering the movement after the national organization ended its ban on gay leaders in...
A Better Idea For 2016: The Conservative Team That Will Win

A Better Idea For 2016: The Conservative Team That Will Win

Are you already as done with the 2016 Election Cycle as I am? Talking heads. He said-she said-he said. Attack ads. Scorched earth. All about “me”. Are we really going to spend more than a year with a large gaggle of seemingly qualified conservative leaders rearranging...