Boating conditions off Newport can be a nasty mix. Rolling ocean swells, an opposing current, mixed with 25-knot gusts, can create a challenging chop. Nevermind the reefs hiding under the surface like a school of sharks the size of Jaws waiting for you to get too close. Over the Fourth of July weekend, we traveled […]
Grateful Dead: Eyes of the World
Happy to be alive.
America’s Largest Nuke – The B83 Bomb
At nearly one and a half megatons, the B83 is the largest bomb the United States keeps in its arsenal. The bomb is 12 feet long and 18 inches in diameter and weighs approximatly 2,400 lbs. Caleb Larson, a defense writer for The National Interest, writes (abridged): At nearly one and a half tons, the B83 […]
You’re Telling Me about 8% and Pickleball
If you’re thinking about retirement or investing in some high yield real estate deal, don’t. Because as soon as you run a few scenarios grounded in reality and not “pie in the sky” dreams, you quickly realize losing income and principle are grave mistakes you don’t recover from, ever. In my conversations with investors, I […]
Here’s What You’re Telling Me after Your Fourth of July Holiday
You have a lot on your mind, especially having shared the Fourth of July holiday with friends and loved ones. In my conversations with you this week, you’re telling me: Your concerns about your kids or grandkids going back to school and a big concern is how the parents, for obvious reasons, will cope. You […]
Sportswriter Jason Whitlock on “Tucker Carlson Tonight”
Sportswriter Jason Whitlock, author of Love Him, Hate Him, joins Tucker Carlson to discuss professional sports owners caving to Black Lives Matter’s agenda.
Your Retirement Life: On the Road Again, Part II
In the summer of 1984, we traveled across the country in our 21 foot Winnebago Brave (yes we were) and can relate to this article as a new swath of RV drivers hit the roads to dodge COVID restrictions. Joe Barrett writes in The Wall Street Journal: Brad Swenson, who lives in his RV, was […]
RIP Joe Porcaro
The great Jazz drummer and percussionist Joe Porcaro has passed away. Joe was the father of Toto cofounders, Steve, Jeff and Mike Porcaro, and an accomplished performer and instructor. Billboard writes of Joe’s life: Over a decades-long career, Porcaro performed on scores of albums for the likes of Madonna, Boz Scaggs, Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell […]
Neil Peart Statue Closer to the Heart
It’s been a tough year for the drumming community as we lost another legend in Joe Porcaro this week and Neil Peart in January. The CBC’s Mike Moore tells the story of Morgan MacDonald, a sculptor who has spent 1,000 hours creating a statue of Neil Peart. Moore writes: 1,000 hours of design could land […]
BLM in the UK: “Abolish the Police, Remove Prisons and Get Rid of Capitalism”
Black Lives Matter joined Save Yemen in a protest in the UK against “‘white capitalist slave owners”, systemic racism, and the war in Yemen.’ reports Kurt Zindulka for Breitbart. He writes: The far-left rhetoric seen at Black Lives Matter protests and from the leadership of BLM UK has led to one prominent activist distancing herself […]