The eastern U.S. has seen its share of natural disasters lately, between the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit Virginia on Aug. 23, and Hurricane Irene, which made landfall on Aug. 24. But according to Eric Zoldan, senior vice president of...
Tom Paine should have been a financial advisor. Attempting to bolster the spirits of Continentals after a retreat from a superior British force in the winter of 1776, Paine wrote, The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we...