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J. Ted Oakley, founder and managing partner, of Oxbow Advisors, has seen it all. That’s why he wrote his latest book “30 Million and Broke.”  Yes, it happens to celebrities, athletes, and lottery winners who are given the wrong guidance, no guidance or are left to their own devices. Mr. Oakley has seen it happen … Read More Read More

We know that liberal democracy in America has always contained contradictions–all men are created equal as slavery defines the economic order of the Revolutionary moment, as one example.  And while we have had a noble, but abstract, commitment to freedom, justice, and equality, tragically, that has seldom been realized in practice.  The fraught politics of … Read More Read More

Part 2 of an amazing conversion Check out EP 775  Part 1 first

Born into a culture of hate and bigotry, R. Derek Black has defined a new path for himself as he describes in his compelling book, “The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Anti racism.”  It has been a difficult journey as he has been estranged from family and those in his community of … Read More Read More

The White House, as a place, conjures up much about our history as we envision the remarkable people and the momentous events that have comprised its remarkable story.  We’ve watched Oval Office addresses, seen press briefings and events of State with major performers there.  If you’re old enough to remember, then First Lady Jackie Kennedy … Read More Read More

Heat has a pretty ‘cool’ connotation–that song is hot, let’s getaway to a warm destination and that car is smokin’–but in the modern parlance of climate change– heat is anything but.  In fact, it lies at the root of virtually all of the climate related calamities–wildfires, hurricanes and just suffocating heatwaves that may not show … Read More Read More