We’ve just seen one of the most contentious elections in history. Has the American Dream been lost? America was founded upon personal freedoms, or so we were taught. We are the greatest nation on earth and I’d rather be nowhere else. The problem we have now has plagued Read more…
Most of us recall, from fourth grade, that our Pilgrim Fathers were so grateful for having safely reached their destination in 1620, they gave thanks with a noble feast. Today, we reenact that event every fourth Thursday of November, which to some is also known as the most dysfunctional family Read more…
Brandon Bartholomew was dressed in a dark-gray wool suit, white starched shirt, and purple tie, making it hard to tell he was a thin man. His tortoiseshell glasses accented the ebony color of his skin, eyes, and close-cropped graying hair. His demeanor was serious—until he smiled like a morning sunrise. Read more…
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. –Madam C. J. Walker A lonely childhood heightened by poverty and illness defined Brandon Bartholomew’s early life. When we first Read more…
Only a few months ago that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell declared the central bank was “not even thinking about thinking about raising rates”. However, we think a Rate-hiking cycle will begin much sooner than the expected 3 to 4 years. Writer-Rebel-Producer-Poet Break From the Crowd Financial freedom fighter Read more…
In the Autumn of 1923 an earthquake in Tokyo burst a Standard Oil pipeline setting the harbor on fire. It burned for two days devastating Tokyo and Yokohama, killing over a hundred thousand people. A powerful political group called Black Dragon Society speculated it was caused by Korean immigrants so Read more…
Remember the story about the sun and the wind? The sun and wind are talking to each other and competing over who can get some angry guy to take his jacket off. The wind says he can, and starts blowing harder and harder. As the wind blows harder and harder, Read more…