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…
The breeze coming over the mountaintop felt wonderfully refreshing after days and nights sweating in the warm humidity in Anse a Galets and the slopes…
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…
If the CFTC discovered that the rigging of the monetary metals markets is essentially government policy, being conducted through intermediaries, then it would not be…
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…
Today we have a thought provoking article from one of our favorite gold dealers, the Hard Assets Alliance. The fact that we’re members obviously is…