EVENTS, CAMPAIGNS, AND NEWS — Writing

           It seems to be a cruel trick of the Universe that those with vast intelligence are rarely given the sense to use it in a way that does anyone any good.  If they were, surely all of our problems would have been solved long ago.  Sadly, in my experience, a brighter mind only seems to correlate to a greater capacity to bollocks everything up.     * * *  Scarcity.             That which drives every market, no matter how big or how small.  Without it gold would be worthless, diamonds...