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For those who love history, dream of adventure, riches, and fame; for those really believe they'll hit the jackpot on the lottery scratch-off, for those still look up at night to see the stars and passing clouds. and for those who love to touch the past, here's a challenge to give meaning to your visions and put money in your pocket.: Whatever happened to the Confederate gold?

If you worry about the fiscal state of the country or the money in your own pocket, the gold spoils of the civil war of… Continue

Charleston Porch Rev Published 120908… Continue

It's Saturday, so I'm listening to the blues and thinking about science. I love this old music recorded on machines built with vacuum tubes. It has a coloring and a presence that is a part of the music's character, and hearkens a bygone era filled with the harmony of living that found its way into the era's songs. We used to sit on the porch under the full moon and look out at the landscape, talking softly about our dreams.




But its a new day; time and technology advance. And the technology i… Continue

I feel lazy today in the rain, but I was stirred by these reader's comments out of over 230 comments regarding the Federal Reserve, administered by a Southerner, resetting its overnight rates to zero and announcing its willingness to print an endless money to fight deflation. If the economic policies make little sense, maybe these comments will make clear the views of other Americans on the gird.

So from the New York Times, here's a cross-section of the American conversation about the economy:… Continue

After giant snow and ice storms blanketed Mississippi, it may not be a good time to talk about global warming.

If you don't believe in global warming, how do you account for the 2 trillions of ice that has melted since 2003? Alaska, Antarctica, and Greenland have seen giant shrinkages in their landlocked ice caps, and Greenland's ice loss would fill 11 Chesapeake Bays.

The ice loss is confirmed by NASA satellite data.

Landlocked ice doesn't raise sea levels, but data from the Arctic north of… Continue