Last week we had dinner at the home of friends who live west of us a few miles by bumpy gravel road. Shan was lopping off some small madrone branches as we arrived at their homestead, a practical down-to-earth place shaded by black oak and pines. We followed her to a … [Read more...]

I've felt that at the root of the global financial collapse we'd find energy -- mainly the end of cheap oil. Energy is the basis for real economic activity, and we seemed to be reaching oil supply limits by summer of 2008 just before the economic collapse hit its stride. … [Read more...]

We came across this material a few weeks ago via Casey Research, and it just showed up again -- an essay based on The Fourth Turning, a 1997 book by William Strauss and Neil Howe. A fascinating look at history through the lens of generational cycles, it might illuminate … [Read more...]