Earlier this year, the ARPLAN Blog was set to private, making all of the articles and my original comments there inaccessible. It is a shame it had to happen that way because a lot of information was helpful in articulating,… Read More ›
Hamiltonianism
Fragment on Race in America
Race is a social construct insofar as the concept has to be defined as a sociological phenomenon understood by an identifiable group of people. It cannot be reduced to a sequence of genetic material or biological matter, which has been… Read More ›
Refining the Schwurhand-Strategie (Pt. II of IV)
After weeks of strategizing and calculating, I am proud to announce that I had garnered nearly $400 USD in Dividends from those ETFs I mentioned in Part I of this Post. Although some losses were sustained, I nevertheless broke even… Read More ›
Refining the Schwurhand-Strategie (Pt. I of IV)
My decision to reduce the amount of activity on The Fourth Estate coincides with my concurrent decisions to diversify my offline professional life. Since all the research I had done in the 2010s has been exhausted, I decided to use… Read More ›
Update (28 October 2024)
After weeks of deliberation and questioning the rationale for staying on Substack, I have made the conscious decision to return to WordPress. Chasing after a much larger readership on Substack was only going to be justified by having people purchase… Read More ›
Update (31 May 2024)
I must confess that the only genuine way of getting involved in American political life is to affiliate oneself with “special interest groups.” This is of course of one of the limitations of living under a Parliamentary Democracy. America is… Read More ›
MEMORIAL DAY 2024
Over the years, I have done many a Memorial day post, feel free to check the archives for past ones! May NO American or citizen of a free country ever forget those that fought and died for you! None of… Read More ›
US plans new import tax thresholds ‘to close loopholes exploited by China’| The Loadstar
Proposed new de minimis rules could see countries paying different tariffs for their imports into the US – with some denied the privilege altogether. The current de minimis threshold for imports into the US is $800, increased from $200 in 2016 with the Trade… Read More ›
Real estate trend: seniors are choosing to stay in their homes
In Canada, an article by the Globe and Mail recently talked about the lack of downsizing trend among Canada’s senior citizens. I wonder if this is true for Americans, or seniors in western countries in general? Real estate trend: seniors… Read More ›
Investing with State and Social Capitalists (Pt. III of IV)
“The social and economic side of the revolution [James] Burnham and his National Review colleagues fought for has now also matured in full, as ever larger homeless camps dot the urban landscape of every American metropolis, and as hollow, rusting hulks are… Read More ›
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