Category: Economics and Finance

There’s Such a Thing as Doing Your Job Too Well

Around Washington, anyway, black helicopters almost always fly around in pairs.  Rarely, I have seen one, and even less commonly, three of them at once.  Therefore, I must confess, when strolling down K Street early this afternoon, I was astounded to see more than dozen of them, flying west-south-west, no more than five hundred feet above the… Continue reading There’s Such a Thing as Doing Your Job Too Well

The Loan Shark Who Dared Not Speak His Name

I had a visit from a client who wished to remain anonymous today.  I get them occasionally, and, quite frankly, I’ve found that their envelopes of cash, velvet sacks of platinum Maple Leaf sovereigns, Prada bags crammed chock full of glistening Krugerrands, attache cases of sturdy iridium rod and plain, ordinary cardboard boxes of silver… Continue reading The Loan Shark Who Dared Not Speak His Name

Old Soldiers Never Lie, It Just Sounds That Way

Henry Clay, who died 156 years ago this last June 29, contributed quite a few things to American history.  Some put him in the top ten politicians to ever hold federal office.  The man certainly kept busy, that’s for sure, almost single-handedly starting the War of 1812, acting as the chief architect of the Missouri… Continue reading Old Soldiers Never Lie, It Just Sounds That Way