Let’s jump right into “how to read the news.” We can begin with any news story you please. A good one this morning is yet-another Trump-bash: “Experts: Trump Undermines Judiciary With Twitter Attack on Judge Robart.” We can approach this in several ways. Most people, when they read the news will simply take it at … Read More

There was a murmur of shock yesterday when I hinted that Elaine and I might actually sell the homestead here and look for something in a small to medium-sized town for the next chapter of life. A reader we’ll call Jonesy offered this: “So the gloom and doom self reliance model you have been preaching … Read More

Home Edition Sometimes, in order to understand terrible confusing political or business situations, the best and easiest tool at hand is a cocktail napkin. For those of don’t go our cocktailing and choose to have a libation at home, napkins are in short supply. So we revert to software for our purpose of sketching out … Read More

You may notice columns will become a bit shorter some of these mornings. Ure pal is going through a period this spring of “too many projects, not enough George.” A couple of them I have told you about before. After almost 6-years of owning our own airplane, it is time to left that pass behind … Read More

Ouch!  Not a very comfortable topic today.  But an important one to consider going forward. It began as a simple discussion of how America needs to begin coming up with new – and more effective – ways to fight militant Islamic jihadists.  But in the process, turns out that in addition to having a terrible … Read More

Disco? Yeah, like ADP Jobs this week (dis-go up), Challenger job cuts (dis goes up, too) and now we have Emp-Sit. And “dis-goes” where? Press release, please: “Both the number of unemployed persons, at 7.6 million, and the unemployment rate, at 4.8 percent, were little changed in January. (See table A-1. For information about annual … Read More

I slept extra-well last night, knowing I have not failed as a parent. It was a conversation with my son G2 Thursday that cinched it: As you may know he works as an infectious disease investigator in high risk communities (LBGT), is happily straight and dating as time permits, thinking for himself, and constantly challenging … Read More

Those insolent left-winger/anarchists tore up the Berkeley campus last night. With chants of “No border, No Nation, F**K Deportation” the latest lefty-outburst set off firebombs and went off campus to continue raising hell. Their motivation? A speaking gig by this guy – let’s Wiki him, OK? “Milo Yiannopoulos (born 18 October 1984) is a Greek-born … Read More

(simple title art) Reader Note: If you are just catching on, each Thursday we’re are doing a chapter each week of a book I’m writing for Millennials – teaching the insights that will (hopefully!) allow them to live long and prosper – and be around to clean up after us Old People who made a … Read More

Not sure how conversant you are with the term but this morning we look at how we sink into the quicksand of humankind’s relationship with machines. We will start in a very old elevator and somehow end up in what pilots call “the flight levels.” And along the way, we will see some very difficult … Read More

Hot of the press release: “NEW YORK, January 31, 2017 – S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for November 2016 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months. More … Read More

My run-in Monday morning with the troll-like comments about Ure’s truly – and a very thoughtful reply by Oilman2, who as you might expect is a friend, got me to thinking I should do a lot more explaining about what real UrbanSurvival thinking is all about. Oh, sure, it will come into focus as you … Read More

Say what? First Br?hma?a: The World as a Sacrificial Horse, of course! We at last arrive this week at the “real” first actions of the Trump administration. As we’ve been pointing out for weeks, the President doesn’t get to “make up” laws. To be sure, there was a lot of confusion when Trump in recent … Read More