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Malta: The Good, the Bad, and the Remarkably Beautiful

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 26, 2021 ·

“Could we live there?” My wife posed that question in a video chat we had last weekend. “There” is Malta, where I’m on a research trip. She …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 25, 2021 ·

Why I Don’t Miss the Suburban-Home, Three-Car Lifestyle The church bells are ringing to mark the death of another …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 24, 2021 ·

It all began with an iPhone, an 80-year-old man, a cement truck, and a street barely wide enough for two donkeys to pass without their ears …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 23, 2021 ·

Don’t judge me. I was just a kid. But here goes: It was the summer of 1976. I was 10 years old. Sunbeam Bread, the big bread brand …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 22, 2021 ·

Plus Early Signs of a Market “Taper Tantrum” Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 21, 2021 ·

My childhood best friend, Jim, texted me recently. He was excited—he’d just bought a power supply for a computer off eBay, the first …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 20, 2021 ·

Don’t Miss This Once-in-a-Species Investment Opportunity Friday, June 29, 2007. The date might not stand out to you, but it was one of …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 18, 2021 ·

It Depends on Whether You’re Willing to Think Outside the Box Today, a new take on an old story. We’ve all seen the headlines: How …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 15, 2021 ·

Plus Fed Officials Want to Tighten the Money Tap Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 14, 2021 ·

I grew up in the drug culture of the late-1970s and ’80s. Not that I actively participated; I never did. But I was there, watching too many friends …