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College Degrees Aren't Always Necessary

pencils2 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:32:12 GMT

New York Times: The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.

While this article hits on an impor...

Hain Celestial Quick Analysis

pencils2 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:06:49 GMT

Hain Celestial is one of the leading producers of natural foods, maintaining well-known brands such as Celestial Seasonings, Garden of Eatin’, Health Valley, Arrowhead Mills, Spectrum Naturals, Rice Dream, Soy Dream, and JASON. Hain was founded in 1993 by Irwin Simon, who currently serves as Chairman and CEO.

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Over the past few years my portfolio has gone through a good deal of reshuffling, some for the better and others... not so much. Over the past several years my Dad had success with Louis Navellier's recommendation service, which influenced some of my holdings.

AUY - Yamana Gold
CL - Colgate Palmolive

Even though investing isn't the core interest I had during my early teens, I have recently returned to the love of discussing, analyzing, and exploring businesses that flourished so naturally through the Fool and this community.

Reflecting on the past eight years, and in particular the Fool years, is a remarkable thing. A lot of it seems like it just happened, and i...

Corporations Are Not Free Market Entities

pencils2 — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:52:25 GMT

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There Never Was a Good War or a Bad Peace

pencils2 — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:37:40 GMT

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Hemp for Victory (1942 USDA Film Promoting Hemp)

pencils2 — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:45:28 GMT

Hemp for Victory was a 13 minute propaganda-esque film released by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1942, urging U.S. farmers to grow industrial hemp for the war effort. Of course, it was just five years earlier i...

The Tragic History of Hemp, and Why It Must Be Decriminalized

pencils2 — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:06:36 GMT

Perhaps one of the greatest economic and societal damages to come about through cannabis prohibition is the inability for American entrepreneurs to utilize a highly efficient cultivar of Cannabis sativa, commonly known as “industrial hemp.” During Harry Anslinger’s anti-cannabis campaign in the 1930s, hemp was lumped in and defined under the general cannabis species in federal law. Therefore, the produ...

Why the Troops Support Ron Paul

pencils2 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:06:56 GMT

Please learn more about this issue if you haven’t already.

An Open Letter to Rand Paul: Investigate the Killing of an American Teenager

pencils2 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:54:04 GMT

Hello Senator Paul,

My name is David Kretzmann. I am a 19 year old student at Berea College in Kentucky; I’ve lived in Kentucky since August of 2010. Today I urgently write you to investigate the death of Abdulrahman Al-alwaki.

Within the past 45 days, three U.S. citizens have been ki...

Yemni Civilians Protest U.S. Drone Attacks

pencils2 — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:33:28 GMT

Why the military supports Ron Paul