Why do the rich get richer? Yes, I know, the system’s rigged. But beyond that, a big reason why the rich get richer is that they have the luxury of patience. Consider the following: Right now Tesla’s trading at around $650 per share. If all things go as Elon plans, and Tesla perfects self-driving automation …
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When I met Mrs. Groovy, she was the typical Manhattanite. She had a very cosmopolitan worldview and was a strong believer in energetic government. In other words, she was a communist who didn’t know she was a communist. As a freedomist, of course, I had every right to “cancel” the pre-Mrs. Groovy from my life. …
Mrs. Groovy and I have a very comfortable life. In addition to having a beautiful home sitting on three and a half acres, we also have great family and friends, want for nothing, and give and travel extensively. Yep, it’s good to be the Groovies right now. And the remarkable thing about our comfortable life …
We fostered our third dog last week, and it was another failure. Sahara was a four-month-old retriever who was right in the throes of her biting stage. Check out Mrs. Groovy’s hands. Now, aside from the biting, Sahara was a wonderful dog. She was beautiful, healthy, and only had one accident in our house over …
Don’t ask me why, but my high-powered brain turned toward education this week, and I decided to compare my birth state to my adoptive state. Check out the following tables: New York spends a lot more than North Carolina on public education—$14,663 more per pupil, to be precise. But New York doesn’t allocate its education …