Daily
Speculations
Holiday Columns from the
archives of The Speculator
Valentine's Day
Fourth of July
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Independence Day isn't just
about freedom from tyranny. It's about the freedom to enjoy a healthy,
productive life -- and it's made possible by companies that exemplify the best
in capitalism.
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Yom Kippur
- If anything that we have said may
have inadvertently overstated the errors of the old-hearted, we wish
to apologize, wish our old-hearted counterparts a Happy New Year in the
Jewish tradition and hope they have a slice of holiday torte on
us.
Revenue of the Old-Hearted Investors
- It's
customary around this season, as the leaves brighten and drift to the ground,
to reminisce. There's sorrow for the dead. There's atonement -- and The
Speculator has much to atone for. There's cleansing amid the tragedies and
mistakes, sometimes in the general merriment of Halloween on Oct. 31, the Day
of the Dead on Nov. 2 and Simchas Torah, which fell on Oct. 10 this year.
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Thanksgiving I
- The rules of the
game exert a strong influence on our business, play, stocks, wealth
and Thanksgiving celebrations. Contrary to the myth taught our
children these days, the Pilgrims were not saved from starvation by
farming and fishing methods learned from Squanto, the Wampanoag
tribesman who befriended the settlers. In fact, it was a change in
the rules that ended famine in Plymouth colony.
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Thanksgiving II