World's dumbest prediction
Published: Tue, 06/18/24
Updated: Wed, 06/19/24
Of course it came from a Nobel Prize winner. You may recall what Paul Krugman said about the Internet in 1998:"By 2005 or so, it will become clear…
The Happy Earner
I send out value-packed emails about earning income online, which I've been doing with great success since 2010. I would have saved myself a lot of agony and frustration if I'd had the information people on this email list receive every day!
I need your opinion, please
Published: Mon, 06/17/24
Updated: Wed, 06/19/24
I'd like to make sure I'm providing you, my reader, with the kind of information you need the most. Readers on this list are typically people who…
My misgivings about July 4
Published: Fri, 06/14/24
Updated: Fri, 06/21/24
I grew up in Massachusetts, where fireworks sales to individuals were not allowed. I never knew any other arrangement, so I was content to go to the…
Seeking contestants for my game show
Published: Thu, 06/13/24
Updated: Mon, 06/17/24
No, that isn't a misprint. Yesterday an angry reader demanded to know why I wasn't emailing long-form articles about political, economic, or…
Yes, I hit a girl
Published: Wed, 06/12/24
Updated: Mon, 06/17/24
But she was in the wrong. In 2019, Bob Murphy and I held what we didn't know then was to be the last Contra Cruise. (For those of you who missed them,…
Joe Biden will cure cancer
Published: Tue, 06/11/24
Updated: Mon, 06/17/24
Although he's running out of time. In 2019, candidate Joe Biden made a bold promise: "I promise you if I'm elected president, you're going to see the…
I legit hate what I do
Published: Mon, 06/10/24
Updated: Mon, 06/17/24
I'm just being honest. I have nothing strictly against all you techie people, but: I much prefer to hold a physical book than to read one on an…
New Tom and his better brain
Published: Sat, 06/08/24
Updated: Sat, 06/08/24
I trained it to think the right way, finally. Imagine writing a book and charging 600 smackers or more for it. My friend Ben Settle has done that…
Woods defeats Goliath
Published: Thu, 06/06/24
Updated: Fri, 06/07/24
A proud moment. My father was a blue-collar worker in a food warehouse. I'm sure he would have been happy to escape that. John Thornhill worked in an…
It's a small club, and you and I aren't members
Published: Wed, 06/05/24
Updated: Thu, 06/06/24
In the old days, we used to say: I want my kids to have it better than I did. These days, we say: I want my kids not to have their faces ground into…