We May Casually Talk Of All Sorts

A Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John Edwards, Howard Dean, George Soros, Or Al Gore Looks - No, Acts - Like He Either Came Out Of A Hairstylist's Salon Or Got Off A Gulfstream.

It's Radical Islamic Terrorism. And Yet, When You See The Last Eight Years, Something's Gone Wrong To Call It Violent Extremism Or Man-caused Disasters. It Would Be As If We Were Looking At [adolf] Hitler In The 1930s. And We Were Afraid To Say That He Was A Nazi.

Ancient Wisdom: Deal In Personal Trust; Your Word Is Your Bond; Avoid Extremes; Treat The Money You Invest For Others As Something Sacred; Don't Take Any More Perks Than You Would Wish Others To Take; Don't Borrow What You Couldn't Suddenly Pay Back; Imagine The Worse Case Financial Scenario And Expect It Very May Well Happen; The Wealthier You Become The More Humble You Should Act.

Western Societies From Ancient Athens To Imperial Rome To The French Republic Rarely Collapsed Because Of A Shortage Of Resources Or Because Foreign Enemies Proved Too Numerous Or Formidable In Arms - Even When Those Enemies Were Grim Macedonians Or Germans. Rather, In Times Of Peace And Prosperity There Arose An Unreal View Of The World Beyond Their Borders, One That Was The Product Of Insularity Brought About By Success, And An Intellectual Arrogance That For Some Can Be The Unfortunate Byproduct Of An Enlightened Society.

History Has Shown That A Government's Redistribution Of Shrinking Wealth, In Preference To A Private Sector's Creation Of New Sources Of It, Can Prove More Destructive Than Even The Most Deadly Enemy.