We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. read more

We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.

There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience.

There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience.

There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There read more

There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There are all the usual stories about overseas predators targeting Australian miners, which look cheap on a world-wide comparison.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their read more

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies

I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, read more

I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, I hate rats! In my time, I've picked up all sorts of things in hotels-fleas, lice, tapeworm.

We put up sheets here so they can have their privacy,

We put up sheets here so they can have their privacy,

Today's labor report could not have been more disheartening to those who thought the Fed had ended its monetary tightening. read more

Today's labor report could not have been more disheartening to those who thought the Fed had ended its monetary tightening. There is no possibility for the Fed to stop at the current 4.5 percent.

They always say, 'Smile!' and sometimes that just ticks me off. I'm not a smiley guy.

They always say, 'Smile!' and sometimes that just ticks me off. I'm not a smiley guy.

We'd like to see Bonneville use the (surplus power) sales to keep rates as low as possible. We don't need read more

We'd like to see Bonneville use the (surplus power) sales to keep rates as low as possible. We don't need another rate-raising factor out of our control.