When I was a kid my parents bought a house in a brand new neighborhood in 1964. The nearby school was built for grades Kindergarten to sixth and my new friends and I were the...
Get a Second Residence and Pay No Tax in 25 Tax-Free Countries
It’s okay to admit it – most of us dream of keeping more of our hard-earned money instead of handing it over in taxes. In a world where high-tax governments demand their cut...
Is medical care around the world better than in your own country?
Dateline: Frankfurt, Germany One of the realities of life is that every once in awhile we need the services of a medical professional. We all know that some medical expenses can...
What if you discovered that the game was rigged?
We’re all born into this world completely ignorant of what has gone before. It takes a lifetime to learn a minuscule fraction of the knowledge humankind has accumulated over...
The only thing better than having no boss
Like most of you reading this, I’ve done my share of years in the conventional business world. I’ve worked inside a cubicle, in my own office, driven from client to client all...
Countries with no military where you can live freely
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia We frequently discuss variations on the concept of the "haves" versus the "have nots". Of course, the global fairness police are doing everything...
Personal freedom and liberation through social media
Dateline: Liverpool, England Like many new technologies, social media has applications that range from trivial and irritating to profound and liberating. Those of us who care...
Passports: One of the Big Differences Between the US and the Rest of the World
High-end marketing can be fascinating at times. Just look at Louis Vuitton, offering one of the most interesting branding tools today. The brand places giant old trunks in...
The Pied Pipers of cyber-crime: the NSA backdoor to encryption
Dateline: An undisclosed location in the Land of the Free Truth be told, the usual Washington suspects – NSA, CIA, FBI, DEA and all of their friends – are the pacesetters of...
These free-market services show just how inefficient your government is
Dateline: Zagreb, Croatia I noticed something interesting during my stopover in Venice last week. It had nothing to do with the fact that the pizza shop near my hotel was run by...
