I love road trips. Over the past 15 years I’ve crossed the country from coast to coast and north to south at least two dozen times. It started in 2007 when my husband wanted to send his handcrafted “Totem Pole of Economics” to FreedomFest for a talk he was giving on Keynes, Smith and Marx.…
Are You Healthy, Wealthy & Wise?
Ask yourself these three questions, “Who are you?” “Do you have a social security number?” “What do you own?” The thing people generally call the “United States Government” doesn’t come close to honoring the Constitution or the Constitutional Republic it formed; thus, in this article, I call that thing: “Corp. U.S.” (to see more on why,…
Nobody Gets Footloose in D.C.
“You won’t get any dancing here, it’s illegal.” That’s a line from the 1984 film “Footloose” starring a then very young Kevin Bacon with the very cool character name “Ren McCormack.” Now, I know I am biased here, given my alter ego is “Renaissance Man,” and given that a certain cadre of in-the-know friends actually…
The Antidepressant in Your Refrigerator
About thirty years ago, my mother gave my then-new bride and me what has become over the years one of our most use-worn cookbooks: The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook. Being someone at the time who enjoyed eating whatever I wanted, a cookbook with the word “diet” in it would not normally have grabbed my attention. But,…
Surviving a “Melt-up”: A Vision for South Dakota
Back in 2018, I made a simple observation: we have to be prepared for an economic Melt-Up, not a Meltdown. A year later, as I shared in a 2019 article, our country was headed towards a “melt-up” or a sharp and unexpected rise in prices, even before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Anyone watching the dial…
Seeking the Familiar in an Unfamiliar Time
Uncertain is a perfect word to describe the way many American citizens are feeling right now as we start to accept that the COVID-19 response will seriously affect generations to come. Schools are cancelled, restaurants are closed, and in some places you are not allowed to walk down the street to let your dog take…
Our Techno-Healthy Future
Imagine a future in which you rarely visit a doctor, in which your joy of life and bank account are not drained as you age, in which you live well past a hundred in good health, vibrant in mind and body. Imagine that the words you are reading are not click bait or science fiction.…
Homeschool Freedom—A New Hope
“What should we do tonight?” one of my college friends asked on a rainy Saturday night in 1977. After a few rounds of “I dunno, wudda you wanna do,” someone plucked the campus newspaper from his backpack and looked at the movie ads. (For you millennials out there, that’s the mid-twentieth century analog version of…
Finding Joy, Strength and Flexibility in a Less Flexible World
Are you ready to feel joy again, to embrace your connections and to feel strong and healthy in your body? Let’s honor this past year of challenge by building a renewed commitment to well being, freedom and abundance for all. Let’s celebrate our ability to adapt and persevere! Yoga is an excellent way to honor…
The #1 Threat Facing Us, and How We Can Pull The Plug … If We Want To
Currently, the greatest threat to human thriving isn’t government, believe it or not. Yes, government remains a problem, but it’s also dead on its feet in several ways. I’ll save that discussion for another time, but I believe that government and war are losing their underpinnings. Likewise disease and famine are shadows of their former…