One of the things that makes a town wonderful is a great local newspaper. Hohenwald, Tennessee (of financial permaculture fame) has the Lewis County Herald,

The housing and derivatives bubble sure was good for retired Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and wife NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell. They

Forty years ago, America’s cultural icons expressed the frustratation of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country’s undeclared

Vermont Royster’s Christmas message of 1949 has been republished by the Wall Street Journal every Christmas since. As I can not think of a more

This photograph shows me being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Housing by Jack Kemp in 1989. My dear friend, Georgie LaRue, is holding the

At the end of the day, when the horizon is turning red and the zenith is cobalt-blue, step outside and look southwest. You’ll see Venus

A young man named John received a parrot as an early Christmas gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every

Before I left for Estonia, GATA Treasurer Chris Powell sent a message out on the GATA wire, Meet GATA Board Member Austin Fitts in Estonia,

After watching a fantastic movement performance by a troupe of Von Krahl students, giving my speech on the global financial system and listening to Paul

This is a question that the producers and artists of the Von Krahl Theatre in Estonia have asked. They lived through the meltdown of the

After flying through Amsterdam, I arrived in Tallinn this evening. The temperature is -7 and the air is dry, crisp and clear.  I am staying

Catherine speaks at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn, Estonia on 23 November. The global financial system is an enigma to many of us. On

This update on Crosby Mint Farm just in: Peppermint Jim Crosby here, I just found you folks (on the Internet) and wanted to personally thank

This just in from the network (author unknown) about the marvelous Dr. Riki Ott… Every so often an idea comes along that rings with such

Catherine’s speech on local bartering at the IRTA conference is now available on Google Video: You have heard me say or write before “in the

I just saw an excellent presentation by James Turk, founder of GoldMoney.com. He had just returned from Europe and was commenting on the severe economic

While acknowledging the turmoil in global financial markets — and in many individuals’ personal investments — it would be a mistake to lose sight of