After the inauguration, Donald Trump said we would be entering a new golden age. He didn’t explain why he thought that. So it left us to wonder what would cause it to be a golden age. My mind immediately went to the Gilded Age, a time in American history when fortunes were made and conspicuous| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Corruption and politics often go hand in hand around the world and throughout history. So it’s not exactly news that a politician might be corrupt. That said, despite some extreme corruption in very high office in the United States over the years, we have enjoyed a reputation as one of the less corrupt nations. As| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
“They’re an act of war, to some degree.” —Warren Buffett interviewed about tariffs on CNN “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” —Winston Churchill “I never make the same mistake twice. Instead, I make it five or six times just to be sure.” —Anonymous Big increases in tariffs have been| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
O ne hundred years ago, Calvin Coolidge said that “the chief business of the American people is business,” and it’s still true today. By the time you read this, the Super Bowl will have been played and Major League Baseball teams will be in spring training. The Super Bowl has been played every year since| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
It seems that I am never able to stray far from this statement commonly attributed to Niels Bohr: “Prediction is very difficult, especially when it pertains to the future.” But even by those standards, at this moment in time we are faced with big changes in so many variables that it’s all but impossible to| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
“Ilsa, I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you’ll understand that.” —Humphrey Bogart as Rick in Casablanca Not long ago, I overheard someone in a crowd say, “Politics is| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
Many of you may not know that in addition to being a financial advisor, I am also a professional freelance photographer. When I photograph a wedding, I take two cameras, a wide variety of lenses, at least two of each kind of light, and four light stands. Wherever possible, I have at least two of| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.” —The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz “Cold-hearted orb that rules the night, Removes the colors from our sight. Red is grey and yellow white. But we decide which is right, And which is an illusion.” —”Late Lament,” Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues In George| Iowa Source - Iowa's Enlightening Magazine
