by Ralph Benko | Sep 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 Heritage Network’s The Foundry recently published a thoughtful call by Heritage economist Dr. Norbert Michel entitled The Fed’s Monetary Policy Matters, Too. An extract: It’s easy to get distracted with...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, September 19th, 2013 Every former preschooler’s memory surely must hold the ditty Pop! goes the weasel! Courtesy of the Library of Congress (From this bloggers own past, the tune played by the crank for his Jack in the Box.) Here...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 Perhaps June 20 should be celebrated as “World Good Money Day” … … to help anchor certain facts in the culture. Scene from the Berlin Airlift courtesy USAF Historical Research Agency As...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, September 12th, 2013 “The Golden Stool is regarded as sacred that not even the king was allowed to sit on it….” Flag of the Ashanti The Republic of Ghana once was known as the Gold Coast and was part of the Ashanti...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 Los Alamos National Laboratory — one of the U.S. government’s major science and technology facilities — maintains a database on the elements of the periodic table. This is what it has to say about...
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