Monthly Archives: March, 2020

RIP Kenny Rogers

Long-time friend Bob Morrison wrote the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song “You Decorated My Life.” He was ASCAP’s Country Songwriter of the Year in 1978,...

Here is Your Family’s Guide to the Coronavirus

I visit Dr. Ward at least once a week when Debbie and I are in Newport for the Summer. -- Dick Young. Dear Patient, As promised,...

Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XVI

When it feels like things are changing by the hour, a week feels like a year, and three weeks a lifetime. That’s how I feel...

Free Market Flunkies Beg Fed for Help

Here we go. First, it was former Fed Chair’s Bernanke & Yellen wanting to expand the Federal Reserve’s authority to buy corporate bonds to...

Gold: Insurance Against Hyperinflation

The world’s most extraordinary episode of hyperinflation happened between 1919 and 1922 in post-World War I Germany. To get the full picture of the events...

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Survive and Thrive June 2026: Risk

Dear Survivor, Risk, it means different things to different people....

250 Years of Power: America’s Energy Transformation

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) traces the evolution...

“Honey, I Think It’s Time I Retire:” Part 8

When the song “Down the Road” (the Kenny Chesney...

AI Boom Drives Record $203 Billion in US Utility Mergers

The AI-driven data center boom is fueling a record...

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Needs Major Upgrades

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the...

The AI Breakthrough Transforming America’s Power Grid

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory...

The Gas Turbine Boom: How AI Is Transforming the Energy Industry

These companies are benefiting from rising investments in power...

Job Openings and Hiring Show Little Change

The US labor market showed little change in May...

“Honey, I Think It’s Time I Retire:” Part 7

OK, you retired, and you’ve found your stride in...

US Refinery Capacity Falls after Major Plant Closures

US operable refinery capacity fell to 18.2 million barrels...