by Ralph Benko | Dec 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012 Share Some, occasionally, have wondered how it is that gold is produced. Excellent authority has it that it is stolen from griffins by one-eyed men. The “Father of History” Herodotus wrote: But in the north...
by Ralph Benko | Dec 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 Share There is a historical, cultural, and even regal dignity to gold. From the Gospel according to Matthew (King James Version): 2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold,...
by Ralph Benko | Dec 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 Thomas Nast, the famous political cartoonist who invented the elephant and the jackass symbols for the Republican and Democratic parties also turned his pen in favor of gold. From Harper’s Weekly, 1879: As...
by Ralph Benko | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 “When I was home that summer I took part in a small neighborhood debate in which I supported the gold standard. The study I put on this subject well repaid me.” — Calvin Coolidge The...
by Ralph Benko | Dec 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 “Bank-Notes, _ Paper-Money, _ French Alarmists, _ o, the Devil, the Devil! _ ah! poor John-Bull!” James Gillray was a famous British late 18th century caricaturist satirizing, among other things, British...
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