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One day back in the late 1990s when I was a wide-eyed 20-year-old cadet at West Point, we were told that a distinguished visitor was coming to speak, and to be seated in the auditorium by 1pm sharp. This was pretty routine; one of the great things about attending West
[Editor’s note: This letter was written by Tim Staermose, Sovereign Man’s Chief Investment Strategist and Editor of the 4th Pillar newsletter.] I’m writing from my remote rural villa in Southern Bali. I made a mad dash to get back here from Hong Kong before the borders effectively shut to visitors,
Well, at least there’s a bit of good news from the Corona Virus. In a few cases, it at least seems to be making government more efficient, and calls into question why so much bureaucracy existed to begin with. We think there’s a LOT more to come in terms of
On November 6, 2000, then US presidential candidate George W. Bush told a crowd of cheering supporters, “they misunderestimated me.” Now, if English is not your native language, allow me to clear the air: ‘misunderestimate’ is not a word. But then again, George W. Bush was legendary for hilarious slip-ups
As you might have heard, Puerto Rico is now on lockdown. Government offices and private businesses are closed, and no one is allowed to leave their homes except to buy food, attend medical appointments, etc. This is quickly going to become global policy, at least in the West. If these
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity… and on occasion, poetic justice. Solved: why is Mississippi is so fat? Jail time for diet advice Mississippi is
We certainly live in extraordinary times. Even people who have been irrationally dismissive of the Corona pandemic up until this point finally had to wake up and smell reality yesterday. The NBA. Tom Hanks. European travel ban. Our human brains, while magnificent and inspiring, are also wired in bizarre ways.
The year 1348, in the words of historian A.L. Maycock, was the closest that humanity ever came to going extinct. That was the year the Black Death descended on the European continent. And many historians today estimate that it killed as much as 60% of Europe’s population. Italy was hit
[Editor’s note: This letter was written by Joe Jarvis, a Sovereign Man team member based in Puerto Rico.] Do you ever wonder what your bank account would look like today if you had made different career and life decisions? Well, a UK judge took the liberty of answering that question
This is going to be a rough day for a lot of folks. But it’s one that I’ve been writing about for quite some time. I’ve been saying for years that, at some point, there will be a severe financial reckoning. We wouldn’t know how, and most likely, we would
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity… and on occasion, poetic justice. Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal Just Rose From the Dead Ignorance of the law is
On October 19, 1987, the US stock market suffered the worst crash in its more than 200 year history, dropping more than 23% in a matter of hours. It wasn’t just in the United States, either. More than 20 major stock markets around the world, from London to Hong Kong
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