James Pethokoukis, writing at the National Review, explains why the landscape has changed too much for the 20-and 30-year-old classic Republican economic ideas to actually be feasible even if they were up for serious discussion… Free enterprise, free markets, competition, and choice: All are timeless economic principles, but their application can and should evolve with…

We hear this every six months or so and eventually it will probably be true. But stock market-wise you haven’t missed out yet. We have a small Africa weighting for clients nestled into one of the broader ETFs we own. I see no reason to take that any further right now, I feel like there’ll…

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Maker’s Mark has one of those one-in-a-million brands, the kind that hundreds of marketing geniuses with decades upon decades on their hands couldn’t create no matter how much money you threw at them to do it. Its taste is distinctive, its look is iconic and its legacy is unimpeachable. One cannot simply create or conjure…

You want someone to emulate? Bernard Baruch (August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was the son of a South Carolina physician whose family moved to New York City when he was eleven year old. By his mid-twenties, he is able to buy an $18,000 seat on the exchange with his winnings and commissions from…

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This stuff fascinates me… via WSJ:  

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You may remember the name Amerigo Gazaway from when I posted his Pharcyde / Tribe Called Quest mashup last year. His newest masterpiece is now live and ready to be downloaded over at Gummy Soul. It’s 30 minutes of unadulterated funk, blended perfectly and garnished with a bit of hip hop. I like to bump…