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In the year 1890, according to census records, my great-great-grandfather was spending the final years of his life living with one of his children on a farm in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. I’ve spent most of the last twenty years doing some hardcore research into my family history– and I’ve identified records going all
Hot off the presses: The Board of Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare programs in the United States just released their annual report a few minutes ago. And if you want to read all of its gory detail, check it out for yourself here. Both of these programs are massively and terminally
Each Friday we highlight a number of important, and often bizarre stories from around the world that my team and I are closely following: Cory Booker introduces reparations bill Get ready for a slippery slope, because because Cory Booker just introduced a reparations bill in Congress. The 2020 Presidential contender said, “this bill
If you’re a big fan of shows like Narcos, Stranger Things, House of Cards, or Orange is the New Black, you might want to think about sending a fruit basket to anyone you know who is a Netflix shareholder. Netflix reported its quarterly earnings again yesterday afternoon. And, as expected, the company is
By the time Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army conquered the city of Samarkand in 329 BC, the city had already existed for centuries. Samarkand had been a prominent, vibrant regional capital in the Persian Empire prior to the Macedonians’ arrival. And under Alexander the city flourished even more. He declared it
Each Friday we highlight a number of important, and often bizarre stories from around the world that my team and I are closely following: Elizabeth Warren wants to destroy centuries of legal standards To take your freedom requires more evidence than to take your money. For now. Criminal convictions depend on the accused
A few months ago, I wrote to you about how New York City wants to tax people who own second homes there. They call it a pied-a-terre tax, and the geniuses behind it believe that it will help plug the city’s $1 billion budget shortfall. Bill de Blasio himself, the mayor of New
Last week I told you that the US government recently reported a negative net worth of MINUS $75 TRILLION. That’s not a type-o. According to the Treasury Department’s annual financial report for Fiscal Year 2018 (which they just published last week), the US government is hopelessly bankrupt. Now, I’m not talking about this
Each Friday we highlight a number of important, and often bizarre stories from around the world that my team and I are closely following: What age do you identify as? It happens way too often here at Sovereign Man… we joke around about the next outlandish demands of Social Justice Warriors. And then
Usually around the middle of February each year, the US Treasury Department releases an annual report of the federal government’s financial condition. It’s called the Financial Report of the US Government… and it looks a lot like an annual report that you might see filed by a big company like Apple or Facebook.
My grandfather was just a toddler when soldiers came home from World War One in 1918. They brought the deadly Spanish Flu with them, which killed well over 50 million worldwide. As a young adult, my grandfather struggled through the Great Depression with the rest of the world. And just as things started
In the spring of 1692, an energetic young Scotsman named John Campbell started a new business in central London. Campbell was a goldsmith, and his business sold jewelry and other crafted metals like plates and silverware. But Campbell’s new company had another business line as well: banking. And the company he started eventually
Today we’re continuing our new weekly feature, where each Friday we highlight a number of often bizarre stories from around the world that we’re closely following. Texas tries to pass a law to legalize lemonade stands run by children When it comes to business, this story pretty much sums up how far the
Maximilian Bern had saved up 100,000 German marks for what should have been a modest, but comfortable retirement. But in 1923, he withdrew every last cent, and spent it all on one purchase: a subway ticket. He rode around his city one last time before returning home, and locking himself in his home,
Bernie Sanders believes that FREE university education a “right, not a privilege.” His fellow Bolshevik, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also believes that tuition-free university “forms the basis of human dignity” and should be provided for free by any “moral society.” They aren’t alone in holding these beliefs. A recent survey conducted by CNBC shows that