When the earthquake hit in 2010, it was catastrophic in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince. The 7.0 was nominal by Chile standards, but Haiti simply had…
Approaching PAP (Port au Prince Airport), the view out the window wasn't quite what I expected. You know how when you fly into just about…
Jean Rony Toussaint grew up on Chien Content (Happy Dog). You can see him here at his childhood home, where his parents still live. We…
Greetings Regular Joes, Just a quick comment about the new articles coming out. For the past couple of years I've been dong various jobs, writing…
Gold is money, right? I mean, while we're all constantly bombarded with the idea that these funky pieces of paper from THE state approved printer…
Greetings Regular Joes, As a new year begins, I've started to take up pen again to post a few updates. It won't be the regular…
Greetings Regular Joes, It's been a while since I've posted. Life has been interesting and taken me down some paths I couldn't have foreseen. All…
Greetings Regular Joes, Many in the US think that a Cyprus-like event could not happen here. There is a sense of arrogant American invulnerability that leads…
Rachel greeted the woman at the table and remembers her being “very pretty” and “probably in her mid-20s.” “She seemed a bit shy, but she…
By Dennis Miller Ninety-eight percent of insurance brokers do not know how to use life insurance optimally. That, anyway, is what one reader wrote in…
By John Mauldin Standing at the edge of the old world and the beginning of the new one, at the tip of Portugal, Stratfor's George…