Oppression thrives on distance - on not actually meeting or seeing the oppressed.

One should have a wide variety of assets in one's portfolio. And oil, by the way, is a particularly important asset to have in one's portfolio because we need it, and the economy thrives on it.

Speculative markets have always been vulnerable to illusion. But seeing the folly in markets provides no clear advantage in forecasting outcomes, because changes in the force of the illusion are difficult to predict.

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

Trump does magic. Maybe it will be black magic sometime, but he's an amazing phenomenon.

The desperately poor may accept handouts, because they feel they have to. For those who consider themselves at least middle class, however, anything that smacks of a handout is not desired. Instead, they want their economic power back.