http://www.latterdaylogic.com Logic and reason on a range of subjects flavored by Latter-day Saint theology. Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/romney-resembles-reagan/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/romney-resembles-reagan/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:28:08 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/uncategorized/romney-resembles-reagan/ Published in Deseret News, February 13 2008  Reagan and Romney — both six-letter R-names, both movie-star handsome, both uniters of security, social and fiscal conservatives. Ronald Reagan: close call with Gerald Ford in 1976. Ford loses to Jimmy Carter. Stagflation and the Soviets. Nation remembers Reagan. Reagan reclaims economy, defeats Soviets, goes down in history.  Mitt Romney: close [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/romney-resembles-reagan/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/support-the-republic-support-vouchers/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/support-the-republic-support-vouchers/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:40:27 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/support-the-republic-support-vouchers/ Letter to Editor, submitted to Deseret News Oct 20, 2007:  Trust Legislature, Support Vouchers Even the most informed among us do not have the luxury to study every issue to make well reasoned choices.  The uninformed are even more likely to support the catchiest phrase.  “Full of flaws” – oh no, be scared.  Try this principled [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/support-the-republic-support-vouchers/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/top-10-reasons-its-great-to-be-a-mormon/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/top-10-reasons-its-great-to-be-a-mormon/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:13:35 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/top-10-reasons-its-great-to-be-a-mormon/ (Each are explained in the article) 10. Truth is stranger than fiction - and it is beautiful! 9. Hail to the Prophet 8. Independence, Preparation, Practicality 7. Saved by grace, after all that we can do 6. Focus on the Family 5. I am a Child of God (Children’s Song) 4. Kool-Aid - best drink ever! 3. He who has eyes to see, [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/top-10-reasons-its-great-to-be-a-mormon/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/dna-database-is-a-must-have/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/dna-database-is-a-must-have/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:02:20 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/dna-database-is-a-must-have/ Published Jan 22, 2007 Deseret News:  DNA is a miraculous modern-day fingerprint.  Why aren’t we aggressively assembling a national or at least a state DNA database on the entire population?  So many solvable cases go unresolved.  So many rapists and murderers will strike again and again.  Privacy issues can be addressed.  Has common sense really [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/dna-database-is-a-must-have/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/energy-independence-raise-the-gas-tax/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/energy-independence-raise-the-gas-tax/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:06:42 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/uncategorized/energy-independence-raise-the-gas-tax/ Published in SL Tribune, Jan 19 2007: Global warming, Middle East, suitcase nukes - how do we break free of the oil addiction that is at the root of so many of our problems? Tax structure! If the nation will raise the gas tax, and at the same time lower the income tax, the market will [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/my-letters-to-editors/energy-independence-raise-the-gas-tax/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/ode-to-glenn-beck-the-most-famous-latter-day-saint/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/ode-to-glenn-beck-the-most-famous-latter-day-saint/#comments Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:51:56 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/uncategorized/ode-to-glenn-beck-the-most-famous-latter-day-saint/ The star of a 3-million audience radio show, and host of a CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck was in Salt Lake today (Dec. 3, 2006) to do a Christmas show. I truly felt fortunate because I heard one of the most spiritually moving testimonies I’ve ever heard “ and Ive heard a lot!”  The [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/ode-to-glenn-beck-the-most-famous-latter-day-saint/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/my-new-daughter-markaye-lanevalice-brown/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/my-new-daughter-markaye-lanevalice-brown/#comments Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:07:30 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/my-new-daughter-markaye-lanevalice-brown/ Some of you are here because my wife directed you here to find the story behind the name of our new daughter, Markaye LaNea Brown.  Here’s how she almost became “LaNevalice”.  When our oldest boy Kevin was approaching, we were hunting through names. We settled on girl names first. Amber Alicia (which we got on the 4th [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/my-new-daughter-markaye-lanevalice-brown/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/comments-abstract-on-global-warming/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/comments-abstract-on-global-warming/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:27:32 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/comments-abstract-on-global-warming/ Why did God place dinosaurs on the earth?  If He knows the side effects of cars, why would He give them to us?  How likely or significant is Global Warming? If there is strong reason to believe human activities play a role, how energetic should we be about curtailing what we think contributes to it?  [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/comments-abstract-on-global-warming/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/comments-and-abstract-on-population/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/comments-and-abstract-on-population/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:19:33 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/uncategorized/comments-and-abstract-on-population/ The world is quick to conclude that increasing the human population does nothing but bad for the Earth.  Is “population” a bad thing?  When we reach into the many billions, is that destructive or unsustainable?  If it is destructive, isn’t that a function of our telestial in-fighting and selfishness more than the number of mouths [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/comments-and-abstract-on-population/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/comments-on-the-perfect-financial-storm/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/comments-on-the-perfect-financial-storm/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:52:24 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/comments-on-the-perfect-financial-storm/ There are many mega-trends of wickedness in motion, and we know from scripture that the Lord will not “smile upon the Nephites” forever in their wickedness.  In this series, I explore 19 points that I think point to the possibility that a Great or even Mega-Depression could be part of the near future.  What might be [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/comments-on-the-perfect-financial-storm/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/real-comments/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/real-comments/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:29:13 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/real-comments/ In this series I attempt to describe a sensation I’ve had for ever that most of the “facts” of our lives in the second estate aren’t really “Real”.  Being born black, white, rich, poor, beautiful, less so, Mormon, or in the Amazon Jungle, are all just the props and stage setting, something akin to Ken [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/real-comments/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/radical-islam-%e2%80%93-the-latest-incarnation-of-the-never-ending-war/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/radical-islam-%e2%80%93-the-latest-incarnation-of-the-never-ending-war/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:50:52 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/radical-islam-%e2%80%93-the-latest-incarnation-of-the-never-ending-war/ The War in Heaven was Compulsion vs. Freedom.  This is the essence of virtually all wars even today. Culture Wars: How do political philosophies rank in God’s eyes? World War III: Is there potential to see millions rally behind Islamic Fascism for a force as ugly as Hitler’s Germany within the next few decades?  The essence of the [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/radical-islam-%e2%80%93-the-latest-incarnation-of-the-never-ending-war/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/the-wisdom-of-men-the-more-we-learn-the-more-we-should-realize-we-don%e2%80%99t-know/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/the-wisdom-of-men-the-more-we-learn-the-more-we-should-realize-we-don%e2%80%99t-know/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:28:20 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/the-wisdom-of-men-the-more-we-learn-the-more-we-should-realize-we-don%e2%80%99t-know/ Why is it that a prerequisite for acceptance as an intellectual is to conclude that belief in God is silly? Why is it important to address each new claim refuting God? The most important truths are hard to discover by science alone. Mitochondrial DNA: Are Native Americans Israelites or not? One of the great troubles of our times is [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/the-wisdom-of-men-the-more-we-learn-the-more-we-should-realize-we-don%e2%80%99t-know/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-1-of-all-science-facts-pursuits-%e2%80%93-things-that-are-real-%e2%80%93-what-are-the-most-significant-things-to-know-that-are-really-real/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-1-of-all-science-facts-pursuits-%e2%80%93-things-that-are-real-%e2%80%93-what-are-the-most-significant-things-to-know-that-are-really-real/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:38:28 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=19 Real things have a Capital R. Like Pinocchio, our quest is to become Real. The Great I AM is Chief among all entities that can say ‘I am’. Possible source or mechanism for God’s Power. The role of Christ: Saved by Grace? By Works? By Both! Preface: This is an essay on what I believe is Real vs. what [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-1-of-all-science-facts-pursuits-%e2%80%93-things-that-are-real-%e2%80%93-what-are-the-most-significant-things-to-know-that-are-really-real/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-2-the-war-in-heaven-which-rages-on-earth-is-real/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-2-the-war-in-heaven-which-rages-on-earth-is-real/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:37:06 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=18 What is the purpose of Earth? Gain experience and demonstrate before the Heavens which side we’re on. Why the veil between heaven and earth makes for a perfect proving ground. There are only “two churches”, and every soul will be judged as having been in one or the other. Are democrats “evil”, and are republicans “righteous”? What is Earth [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-2-the-war-in-heaven-which-rages-on-earth-is-real/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-3-what-is-not-real/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-3-what-is-not-real/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:35:02 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=17 The facts of our birth, and what others do TO us, is not Real. Our “Ken and Barbie” plastic pleasures and lives are not Real. Moses discovered that “Man is Nothing, AND Man is Everything” Can you see the dolphins? Our choices in “the pursuit of happiness” can be both Real and not real. Our “costume and setting” – or [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/what-is-real/%e2%80%9cwhat-is-real%e2%80%9d-part-3-what-is-not-real/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/evolution-series-part-1-of-1-what%e2%80%99s-the-answer-creation-evolution-or-intelligent-design/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/evolution-series-part-1-of-1-what%e2%80%99s-the-answer-creation-evolution-or-intelligent-design/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:48:52 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=15 Could God’s “Seven Day” creation actually be billions of years? Fallacies of those who conclude there is no God simply because they find a way to explain the previously unexplainable. How did Noah get possibly billions of species on the ark? What if the rate of change is so fast that “extinction” should be relabeled “easy come, easy [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/one-hit-wonders/evolution-series-part-1-of-1-what%e2%80%99s-the-answer-creation-evolution-or-intelligent-design/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-1-why-did-god-create-and-then-take-away-dinosaurs/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-1-why-did-god-create-and-then-take-away-dinosaurs/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:12:24 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=14 Illustrative humor about why God created dinosaurs Why would God care about cars enough to facilitate their exponential availability in light of pollution and global warming? “Why did God create, and then take away dinosaurs?” A habit of mine is to look in fun places for evidence of God’s love for us. If one accepts that [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-1-why-did-god-create-and-then-take-away-dinosaurs/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-2-why-would-god-care-about-cars-enough-to-facilitate-their-exponential-availability-in-light-of-pollution-and-global-warming/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-2-why-would-god-care-about-cars-enough-to-facilitate-their-exponential-availability-in-light-of-pollution-and-global-warming/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:11:28 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=13 First, Global Cooling! How does God expect us to react to the “fact” of Global Warming? Good things have side effects, but don’t kill the Goose! First Global Cooling! In a recent NOVA program, the first half of was dedicated to exploring global warming, while the second half was to explore what scientists call global cooling. I only saw [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-2-why-would-god-care-about-cars-enough-to-facilitate-their-exponential-availability-in-light-of-pollution-and-global-warming/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-3-what-does-god-expect-a-responsible-citizen-of-the-earth-to-do-about-global-warming/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-3-what-does-god-expect-a-responsible-citizen-of-the-earth-to-do-about-global-warming/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:10:15 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=12 Since Christ is coming, aren’t our efforts pointless? Aren’t there more pressing social and spiritual issues of greater threat? If Christ comes soon, wouldn’t our “save the planet” efforts be essentially pointless? Say after all this you don’t believe in global warming, or if you do, you don’t care and you figure God will soon “lower the curtain” [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/on-god-dinosaurs-and-global-warming/global-warming-series-part-3-what-does-god-expect-a-responsible-citizen-of-the-earth-to-do-about-global-warming/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-1-two-miracles-at-the-5-billionth-and-6-billionth-baby-marks/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-1-two-miracles-at-the-5-billionth-and-6-billionth-baby-marks/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:43:32 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=11 Miraculous “hugs from heaven” occurred for me as a direct result of pondering my size in the world after the 5-billionth baby was born, and then again with the 6-billionth baby 15 years later. My prayer at age 13: “Dear God, there are 5 billion people here. Do you know who I am? Do you [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-1-two-miracles-at-the-5-billionth-and-6-billionth-baby-marks/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-2-how-many-people-have-ever-lived/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-2-how-many-people-have-ever-lived/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:40:38 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=10 I like 70 billion.  Can the Spirit teach us anything meaningful from this seemingly frivolous and academic estimation?   With 10% of human history alive today, God is as active as ever!  Estimation approach depends on belief about our history It is clearly impossible to determine with any accuracy the answer to this question, but it is a fun [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-2-how-many-people-have-ever-lived/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-3-how-many-%e2%80%9cmormons%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9csaints%e2%80%9d-are-there-or-will-there-be/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-3-how-many-%e2%80%9cmormons%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9csaints%e2%80%9d-are-there-or-will-there-be/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:38:53 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=9 What you do with what you know matters more than what you know. What Christ might tell a newfound post-mortal Saint about the history of the gospel on the earth the Saint just left. The possibility of billions of Saints helps me have productive relationships with “potential Saints”.   How many Saints are there? In reference to Latter-Day [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/population-is-not-negative/population-series-part-3-how-many-%e2%80%9cmormons%e2%80%9d-or-%e2%80%9csaints%e2%80%9d-are-there-or-will-there-be/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/uncategorized/population-series-part-4-how-is-god-like-a-pine-tree/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/uncategorized/population-series-part-4-how-is-god-like-a-pine-tree/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:37:13 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=8 How is a God like a tree?  Both have innumerable “seeds”. Of the millions of seeds, how many must fully mature for the tree’s purpose to be fulfilled. Is starvation and all the potential tragedies that can befall us  worse than never being born? How can Latter-Day Saints claim there is but one God, and yet believe we [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/uncategorized/population-series-part-4-how-is-god-like-a-pine-tree/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-5-spiritual-preparation-for-the-perfect-financial-storm-ultimately-the-most-important/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-5-spiritual-preparation-for-the-perfect-financial-storm-ultimately-the-most-important/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 07:15:25 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=7 Self fulfilling prophecy? (Nah! I’ll never be that widely read!) The attitude of Job: be responsible over your earthly stewardships, but be prepared to “bless the name of the Lord” even if you find yourself in hardship someday. Will my ideas “cause” this?  If I were president?  Maybe.  With 12 potential readers?  Never. In my “hypothetical future”, I [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-5-spiritual-preparation-for-the-perfect-financial-storm-ultimately-the-most-important/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-4-preparation-for-the-perfect-financial-storm/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-4-preparation-for-the-perfect-financial-storm/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 07:14:34 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=6 How not to build an ark: What we learned from our first Titanic of a home. The wealth our “ant-like” lifestyle will create will widen our opportunities and sphere of influence for good if the storm doesn’t occur, and help us temporally survive more easily than most if it does. Make sure your boat won’t sink! How do [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-4-preparation-for-the-perfect-financial-storm/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-3-speculation-on-potential-outcomes-of-the-perfect-financial-storm/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-3-speculation-on-potential-outcomes-of-the-perfect-financial-storm/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 07:13:23 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=5 Would the Second Coming of Christ accompany such a disaster? Can we handle a Great Depression as well as ‘The Greatest Generation’ did? Hypothetical future:  Actions the Left may take if given power that could aggravate an already bad situation. The problems created when the highest aspirations of  millions lie in X-box, tattoos, auto detailing, and internet porn [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-3-speculation-on-potential-outcomes-of-the-perfect-financial-storm/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-2-essence-of-the-perfect-financial-storm/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-2-essence-of-the-perfect-financial-storm/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 07:11:38 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=4 19 points to consider that when combined suggest a serious depression may be well under way within 10 to 20 years. American life is like being on a runaway train, with a drunk engineer at the helm (Uncle Sam) who has lost his sense of the dangers or any sense of duty.  Worse, the passengers and [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-2-essence-of-the-perfect-financial-storm/feed/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-1-preface-to-my-essay-on-the-perfect-financial-storm/ http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-1-preface-to-my-essay-on-the-perfect-financial-storm/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 07:09:59 +0000 Mike Brown http://www.latterdaylogic.com/?p=3 Why I wrote this essay (namely I think it’s important for “those who have eyes to see” to prepare now for survival in a terrible economy). Why those concerned with global warming are barking up the wrong tree. Why concern over global warming is a valid and noble endeavor, even if it poses a much lesser threat [...]]]> http://www.latterdaylogic.com/the-perfect-financial-storm/part-1-preface-to-my-essay-on-the-perfect-financial-storm/feed/