Leisure

“Ten Tennis, Anyone?”

June 9, 2011

THE NEW FUN GAME OF “TEN TENNIS” By Mark Skousen My daughter Hayley and I playing…. For over 25 years now, my family has been playing a game we call “Ten Tennis.” My wife Jo Ann came up with the idea of “cooperative” tennis when we were playing the game with our young kids as [...]

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Was the Great Depression Good for Us?

April 14, 2009

From Human Events “Everything was all right in those years, but only if you had a job.” ~ Grandmother of Amity Shlaes in The Forgotten Man Can the worst of times also be the best of times? When we think of the Great Depression of the 1930s, we are quick to recall the soup lines, [...]

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Can Money Buy Happiness?

April 1, 2002

Personal Snapshots Forecasts & Strategies April 2002 “I’m tired of Love: I’m still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time.” —Hilaire Belloc I came across a very interesting book the other day called Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being (Princeton University Press, 2002), by Bruno [...]

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Las Vegas: America’s Playground

July 28, 1999

Forecasts & Strategies Personal Snapshots by Mark Skousen “Americans are, above all, a problem-solving people.” –Paul Johnson, A History of the American People The transformation of Las Vegas is a perfect example of why the United States of America is still the greatest country in the world. After World War II, developers created in the [...]

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Easy Living: My Two Years in the Bahamas

June 5, 1988

Memoir — LIBERTY By Mark Skousen The Island of June If you’re feeling the need of real relaxation, In a climate that’s lazy, a perfect vacation, Away from the snow and the slush that annoys you, Away from the worries and cares that destroy you, Try Nassau, the Island of June. There are bluest of [...]

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Easy Living: My Two Years in the Bahamas

December 23, 1987

Memoir — LIBERTY By Mark Skousen The Island of June If you’re feeling the need of real relaxation, In a climate that’s lazy, a perfect vacation, Away from the snow and the slush that annoys you, Away from the worries and cares that destroy you, Try Nassau, the Island of June. There are bluest of [...]

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