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• US Supermarket Chain Shakes Up Retail Industry by Selling Gold Bullion

  By Duty and Honor on October 15, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Costco, a US supermarket chain known for its diverse product range, has added gold bullion to its inventory. These Swiss-made bars with a 24-karat gold purity are being sold exclusively to Costco members, with each one-ounce bar priced at $1,929.99…. Read More ›

• Challenges in Accounting for Sustainable Earnings: Insights from Kenya’s Employment Landscape

  By Duty and Honor on October 15, 2023 • ( 0 )

  The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics reported that 75% of Kenyans in employment earn less than 50,000 per month. Data revealed workers in the Agriculture, IT, Transport, Security, and fishing industries earn less than 10,000 monthly. It is an income… Read More ›

• Retrotechtacular: How Communism Made Televisions

  By Duty and Honor on October 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  For those of us who lived through the Cold War, there’s still an air of mystery as to what it was like on the Communist side. As Uncle Sam’s F-111s cruised slowly in to land above our heads in our… Read More ›

• What Will Israel Do Next? Military Options In Gaza Explained

  By Duty and Honor on October 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Times. Like many, I worry about what is going on in Israel and Gaza. This is a paragraph from the article. So the more likely… Read More ›

• Do I Dare to Eat a Lehman? 15 Years Since the Crisis that Ruined All of Our Lives

  By Duty and Honor on October 13, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Like so many things in American life, this momentous and catastrophic event should teach us a lot but has instead gone down the memory hole. Do I Dare to Eat a Lehman? 15 Years Since the Crisis that Ruined All… Read More ›

• Repost: On Work and Money: Part One

  By Duty and Honor on October 13, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Earlier this week I read “The Shame that Keeps Us in Our Jobs,” an article by Paul Millerd, one of my LinkedIn contacts.  Millerd’s piece, about work, work culture, and money, got me thinking about a whole bunch of topics. … Read More ›

• Update (13 October 2023)

  By Duty and Honor on October 13, 2023 • ( 0 )

  I wasn’t feeling too well this week. Trying to take things easy and taking the time to recover until my health improves. I can’t give a precise estimate, but I am hoping by next week. In the meantime, I will… Read More ›

• The Telos of Technology

  By Duty and Honor on October 11, 2023 • ( 0 )

  “What is the goal of our technologies? What should be our goal? What is off limits and why? What is our operating definition of the good that we are pursuing through technology? Where is the uncrossable line between healing and… Read More ›

• Illegal Activities that Thrive Under Legal Markets and Cause Environmental & Economic Harm

  By Duty and Honor on October 11, 2023 • ( 0 )

  This post discusses illegal activities that thrive under legal or licit markets to cause environmental and economic harm. (Featured Image Credit: Pixabay.com.) Illegal Activities that Thrive Under Legal Markets and Cause Environmental & Economic Harm

• Exploring the Rise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

  By Duty and Honor on October 10, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Written by Delvin In recent years, a revolutionary financial phenomenon has emerged, disrupting traditional financial systems and empowering individuals with newfound financial freedom. This phenomenon is known as Decentralized Finance, or DeFi. In this blog post, we will delve into… Read More ›

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