Human Interest: Especially for Garlic Lovers

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Brian Wright

James Ricci’s incredelicious pasta sauce recipe
by Maria (Hercher) Struck

Newspaper columnist James Ricci, who is/was to The Detroit Free Press what John Schneider is to the Lansing State Journal, was a daily “must-read” for me when we first moved to Lansing from Detroit in the early 80’s. In fact, we could ill afford it, but I insisted on subscribing to two daily newspapers because I needed to stay in touch with my familiar and beloved columnists from the Freep: Ricci, McWhirter, Talbert and Harris. Being an at-home mom at the time, I was thus better able to keep my fingers on the pulse of the world. Continue reading →

Guest Column: Pirates on the Veranda

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Brian Wright

Feds announce plans to nationalize IRAs/401Ks
by Brian Wright (with ref. to Patrick Heller)

When Pat’s column in CoinUpdate came over the email, I glanced quickly then did a double take. What? You can’t be serious? We all know the federal government has conducted a sustained campaign of indiscriminate plunder (and murder) over the years—from the Indian Wars, to the “income” tax, to the Federal Reserve, to the 9/11 attacks[1], to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan—and you can make a case that leading Wall Street investment firms have built their fortunes substantially on the blood money derived from such organized aggression. Continue reading →