In light of your historical discourse, I should throw you an additional bit of information besides the person to whom I write is real…although I can’t disagree about caricature. He wrote me a deeply ignorant series of anonymous letters based on the yard signs I had for candidates.

I am not, by the way, a Democrat.

In over a year, I was able to ID him, and I wrote him a letter inviting him for a cup of coffee so we could discuss these things. I got no response and no more letters.

I live in an age restricted subdivision, so his life experience in terms of public events would be exactly the same as mine.

All money is fiat money. It’s backed by the productivity of the citizens of the nation that issues it combined with the trust that they will stand behind it.

I don’t invest in gold. I agree with Warren Buffett: all it’s good for is jewelry and filling teeth. Talk about mystical theories of value!

There’s been one period of time in my life that does not easily yield to Mr. Keynes, but every time somebody brings it up, I ask for their explanation. I’ve heard nothing useful yet, but I’m open to it.

So Rand Paul has been there and done that? I thought that, unlike me, his family sent him to college, and I was not aware of his distinguished military history. I’ve been there and done that and, while I do not have a high school diploma, I have three degrees and a disabled veteran license plate to offer as evidence.