Welcome
For those of you that have been reading my Substact for a while, you can take a day off. This is a welcome Substack to the 150 new subscribers.
I know, you randomly got this email with some weird title on it but that’s how Substack works, out of the blue, another email in your in box.
Here is how my Substack column works. On Monday’s I generally go over whats going on in the economy, the markets, investment trends, ideas and so forth. it seems to be very popular and I enjoy writing about something I have a little experience with. Wednesdays are opinion days. I was once told that you never argue Politics, Religion or Sex and unfortunately I only listened to two thirds of that advice. In these divisive times having some sort of political discourse is a minefield but I am happy to tiptoe through it and give my opinion. Fridays are reserved more for music but I will throw in a little culture from time to time.
I started writing this Substack because it was the pandemic and I wanted to throw ideas out there and see what came back A lot of what I write is my opinion and my opinion is neither right or wrong, it’s just my opinion. I like to hear what other opinions are and I do read every critique and hopefully I learn something from what bounces back.
I have a very thick skin and I have no problem with someone telling me I am wrong but in that reply, I hope to find out why someone feels that I am wrong. The good thing about this is that, for the most part, my subscribers are known to me and unlike many different forms of social media, no one can hide.
I only have two opinions that I will take to my grave so try if you must to enlighten me on these subjects, but know there is no argument that you can make that will change my mind. First and foremost is Socialism or Democratic Socialism or whatever progressives want to call it. It has proven historically to be a failure. In countries desperately in need of a stabilizing platform, Socialism has failed miserably, why on earth would anyone believe that socialism (or anything remotely looking like Socialism) would work in this country? The second thing, and I know this tender ground for some readers, is gender identification. Sorry, that is a non starter with me.
Otherwise, I will listen to anyone who takes the time to write to me and I will try and learn from their thoughts and opinions and hopefully, make me a better person going forward.