Jeff D. Opdyke

My first house, in a Dallas suburb called Flower Mound, cost $117,000, which included the $10,000 cost for a new salt-water pool.  My salary …

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You have to walk a mile in a man’s moccasins to understand why he wants a second passport from Malta.  I come to this observation after a …

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It’s 1987. Some 32-year-old guy you’ve probably never heard of at that point—Matt Groening—hits you up for a couple of hundred dollars. He has a …

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It Doesn’t Get Much More Off the Beaten Path Than This Three fingers above the Indian Ocean, a pale and jaundiced moon tries to bleed through a …

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Plus, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Italy (If You’re the ECB)? Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and …

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A Hidden Gem at the Base of Arabia My cubicle today is a swimming pool, the temperature of which is lukewarm—which, along with the sea breeze off …

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Look Overseas for Bargains on This Excellent Inflation Hedge Inflation is here. Big inflation—8.6% on an annual basis by last count. Bigger …

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Yesterday, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.75 percentage points. This is the largest rate increase in decades. So, I took a break …

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Your Key Questions Answered About the Metaverse Today’s dispatch is not set in reality. It’s true—every last word of it. Nevertheless, it’s …

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