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The latest issue of the Claremont Review of Books features one Thomas Aquinas College alumnus writing about another: Dr. Matthew J. Peterson ('01), a visiting assistant professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, reviews The Foundations of Natural Morality: On the Compatibility of Natural Rights and the Natural Law, by Dr. S. Adam Seagrave ('05), an assistant professor of political science at Northern Illinois University.
"I wanted to title my review 'Natural Law Photobombs Locke-ish Selfie: What Happens Next Will Shock Your Political Philosophy," jokes Mr. Peterson via Facebook. "But they went with Nature Trail. I guess I'll keep my day job."
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"The debate over what we mean when we speak of rights, especially in the American context, often concerns what John Locke understood them to mean. Locke's ambiguity is a gift that keeps on giving to scholarly presses. In The Foundations of Natural Morality: On the Compatibility of Natural Rights and the Natural Law, S. Adam Seagrave, a self-identified Aristotelian-Thomist, mercifully refrains from attempting the definitive commentary on what he rightly calls Locke's 'problematically vague and incomplete' account of the basis of rights. Instead, he makes not a wholly Lockean but, as he says, a 'Locke-ish' case for how natural rights arise from the very structure of human beings."
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The full review is available via the Claremont Review of Books.
"I do not see a flickering candle at the end of this year's Lenten journey," writes alumnus Mark Langley ('89) on his blog, Lion & Ox. "No, I see a burst of glory and the veritable Super Nova, that is Christ's Resurrection from the tomb, and what's more, I also see over two cases of a very fine pale ale, some of which will enable me to celebrate that Resurrection with more propriety."
The founder and the academic dean of The Lyceum, a classical school in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Langley is also a husband, a father of 12, and an amateur brewer. In this last capacity, he has detected a relationship between his faith and his hobby. "Lent was specifically designed for brewing beer," Mr. Langley writes. "The reason for this is obvious. Beer takes exactly 40 days (more or less) to ferment and grow from a weak sweet slop of 'wort' into a fine, noble, life-giving, heart-cheering, spiritually-enhancing liquid — whose foam raises itself in the glass as does incense in the chapel."
And so, at the start of Lent, Mr. Langley began a new batch of English pale ale that will be ready precisely on Easter Sunday. "Of course we fast and pray for forty days first primarily in imitation of our Lord," he observes. "But the same period of time is also roughly speaking an ideal space for brewing beer, and therefore I think it is obvious that this is a fitting thing for Christians to do in the first week of Lent."
To read more of Mr. Langley's musings on Lenten brewing, read the full post on his blog.
The Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of California, at the 2009 dedication of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel
"If McDonald's told its employees that it was unacceptable to diss its fast food as gross, disgusting, or unhealthy at either McDonald's or in a public setting," asks alumna journalist Katrina Trinko ('09), "would it elicit a heated reaction from lawmakers?"
The answer: "Probably not."
Katrina Trinko ('09)Yet for myriad reasons, when the Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco and the College's 2008 Convocation Speaker, made a similar demand of the teachers in his schools, several California politicians called for an investigation. In a new column at the Daily Signal, Miss Trinko — the online magazine's managing editor and a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors — examines the criticism and complaints, and finds them wanting.
"Lawmakers may vehemently disagree with Cordileone's decision," Miss Trinko writes, but "religious leaders should be free to make such decisions without worrying about interference from the government."
The full article is available at the Daily Signal.
22, 2015
As a demonstration "that commemorates those lives snuffed out before seeing the light of day," the annual March for life, writes Sean Fitzpatrick ('02), "is, perhaps first and foremost, a funeral march." The headmaster of Gregory the Great Academy in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick has penned a poignant and thoughtful reflection about today's march for Crisis magazine, where he is a regular contributor. He observes:
"The March for Life is a witness to the Gospel of Life, demonstrating by the thousands that though abortion is common practice it is not common sense. The March is a positive outcry against the government's failure to defend the defenseless and to protect women against the tortures of conscience. Abortion is not simply a failure of justice, but a failure of government itself. President Washington wrote in 1789, 'The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.' When that pillar is compromised, the structure fails and falls. It is not out of the question to ask, 'Who will be the next to lose their unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?' In a statement given one year ago on this day to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, President Obama said, 'this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.' But at what point, at what precise point, does everyone become someone? Whenever it is, it is no longer self-evident.
"It is not enough to demand justice. Justice, as Our Lord taught, is to be hungered and thirsted after as a means of wellbeing. Just as hunger and thirst can never be forever satisfied in this life, neither can the requirement for the divine gift of justice. This is the truth that beats out the march of Christian soldiers. Though they mourn on this day as they march on the National Mall, they do it in the happiness and blessedness that is their claim, in honor of the dead."
The full article is available via Crisis.com.
17, 2014
The recent release of The Selected Sermons of Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J., has stirred up some dear memories for Gregory A. Pesely ('77):
"I had the great honor of serving at the altar with Fr. McGovern. (I helped out in the sacristy to set out his vestments. And, as I helped out with facilities, I had a few opportunities to help him with his dwelling place at the old campus.) He once confided that it usually took him 8-10 hours to craft, perfect, and memorize every homily.
"I had always hoped that one day his homilies would be published. What a treasure that collection will be for both those who had the honor to study St. Thomas with him and those who just heard about him.
"I often sat with him at meals. He had an observant eye and a keen mind. For a few summers, his mom would come out and visit him. I was able to witness the most tender and devoted son a mother could ever hope for.
"One summer while teaching at the Archdiocesan Seminary in Camarillo, I did a foolish thing — I agreed to play a set of handball with him up in Ojai. I treated him to a few cold beers after he clobbered me.
"He loved music, and not only sacred music: Once we caught him singing, 'I Am Getting Married in the Morning' from My Fair Lady while finishing up his laundry in the old laundry room at Claretville.
"I then went up to Université Laval and served several times with his dear friend and fellow Jesuit, Rev. Pere E. Lacasse, S.J. (at days of recollection and during a weeklong Ignatian Retreat). Both were incredibly spiritual priests, but both were passionate Jesuits with great senses of humor and humility.
"I believe a lot of the early vocations were enkindled by those who were introduced to Fr. McGovern and his unmistakable, great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament."
Mr. Pesely is the mission integration manager for OSF Healthcare System in Peoria, Illinois — a Catholic health care system covering 11 different facilities, and the largest system in Illinois outside of Chicago. He advises the corporation on medical ethics policies and the training of some 15,000 associated personnel.
Copies of The Selected Sermons of Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J., can still be ordered in time for Christmas via the online form.
26, 2014
Some timely words of advice in USA Today from alumna journalist Katrina Trinko ('09): "No one needs to be able to buy a big-screen TV on Thanksgiving."
The managing editor of the Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal and a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, Miss Trinko has penned an op-ed encouraging Americans to abstain from shopping during the upcoming holiday. Lamenting that many, perhaps most, retailers compel their employers to work on what should be a day of rest and family, she writes:
Consumers could fight back by not shopping on Thanksgiving. And that's what we should do — if we care about our fellow Americans and preserving our communities.
After all, the holidays are a time to remember and take care of each other. Sometimes being a good community member means helping others financially or taking time to pitch in with a difficult task. But sometimes it means other sacrifices, including our own convenience.
Sure, some of us might want to buy that big-screen TV at 50 percent off on Thanksgiving afternoon. But let's help a brother (and a sister) out. Wait until Black Friday.
Happy Thanksgiving!
20, 2014
Phil ('97) and Luke Halpin ('98) on the set of Miles Christi: Soldiers of Christ in America
Two alumni brothers, Phil ('97) and Luke Halpin ('98), played significant roles in the production of a new one-hour documentary film, Miles Christi: Soldiers of Christ in America, which premiered on EWTN last Sunday night. The film explores a new order of priests, Miles Christi (soldiers of Christ), which is committed to helping lay Catholics pursue holiness in their everyday lives. Phil served as the project's writer and editor, and Luke composed and produced the original score. Below is the film's trailer:
"Documentary filmmaking is such a great way of presenting the truth in a logical manner that's almost indisputable," Phil recently told the National Catholic Register. "I see the documentary as a method of argument almost. It's a chance to, in a very methodical way, lay out something you think is true and prove it." Key to making that argument, he added, is maintaining the highest professional standards. "High-quality production is part of evangelization. ... You're not going to evangelize anybody with crummy production work."
Phil is the editor and producer for StoryTel, a creative foundation specializing in documentaries about people and organizations who answer God's call to "restore the sacred." Previously, he helped to produce Where Heaven Meets Earth, a documentary about a once-failing urban parish transformed by a young priest who was determined to embrace the whole of Catholic tradition. "Giving people hope is a worthy goal," he says, "but going beyond that to inspire people to restore the sacred in their own lives and their own communities makes it worthwhile."
In case you missed the first screening of Miles Christi, fear not. The documentary will air again on EWTN this Saturday, November 22, at 11:00 p.m. in the U.S. and Canada. It is also available on DVD.
19, 2014
Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist. ('06); His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke; and Prof. Thomas Stark. Photo: CDO Photography
Earlier this month, Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist. ('06), moderated a panel discussion about the recently concluded Synod on the Family, featuring Raymond Cardinal Burke, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura. Hosted by Una Voce Austria, the discussion was timed to coincide with the release of the German edition of Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church, for which Cardinal Burke was a contributor. Joining His Eminence and Pater Edmund on the dais was Dr. Thomas Heinrich Stark, a professor of philosophy at the Philosophical-Theological College St. Pölten.
Prior to the panel, Pater Edmund, a Cistercian monk at Stift Heiligenkreuz in Vienna, delivered a talk, The Synod on the Family and the Opera, which focused on the work of two Viennese composers, W. A. Mozart and Richard Strauss. That talk is available via Pater's blog, and video and audio from the panel discussion with Cardinal Burke are available below:
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14, 2014
"Don't like abortion? Don't have one." So read the pro-abortion bumper sticker of bygone days. There's now an addendum: "But pay for mine."
Thus begins an op-ed piece by Catherine Short ('80), who — as part of her 35-year effort in defense of the unborn — is taking on a new California policy that requires all insurance plans to provide abortion coverage. (Thomas Aquinas College is, mercifully, exempt from the mandate because it self-insures.)
As the legal director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation, which she helped to found, Mrs. Short recently sent a letter to the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), decrying its shoddy legal pretext for the new policy:
The DMHC decision apparently rests on two untenable positions. The first is the self-evidently false proposition that all abortions, including elective abortions, are "medically necessary" and thus must be covered pursuant to the Knox-Keene Act. In the context of abortion, "medically necessary" and "elective" are antonyms. Second, the decision asserts that the California Constitution prohibits health plans from discriminating against women who choose to terminate a pregnancy. The California Constitution, a s currently interpreted, prohibits the state from discriminating against women who choose to terminate a pregnancy, by withholding funding for abortions. CDRR v. Myers , 29 Cal.3d 252 (1981). This decision does not prohibit private actors such as religious employers from deciding what services its employee health insurance policies will cover.
The letter additionally notes that the state's policy is in plain violation of federal law. The 2004 Weldon Amendment prohibits states, such as California, that receive certain forms of federal funding from imposing abortion-coverage requirements without conscience exemptions. "California's violation of federal law is clear," writes Mrs. Short on aletia.com. "Equally clear is the Department of Health and Human Services' mandate to enforce that law. What remains to be seen is whether the Administration will follow through on President Obama's personal pledge to 'honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion.'"
22, 2014
On the final day of the recently concluded Synod on the Family, the Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, published an essay about the Synod's purpose — and its challenges — by Rev. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. ('94). A professor of philosophy at St. Michael's Abbey in Silverado, California, Fr. Sebastian argues that, "The stakes are high," for the Synod. "For unless modern man can recapture the meaning which God has written into the natural human family, the result will be ignorance and error, indifference and animosity, toward the entire supernatural order."
Fr. Sebastian continues:
Every artist has his favorite work of art, and God's favorite is the human family. From all eternity, in fact, He understood himself as the Son of Mary, as a member of a human family. The reason for God's predilection is that more than the other parts of His creation, the family reflected His own goodness and beauty. Hence, we cannot know God, we cannot love Him, without knowing and loving the natural human family. …
Consider how the modern distortions of the family can lead to distortions in faith. The indissolubility of marriage is intended to be a sign of God's eternal and unique love for His Church. Is it any surprise then that religious pluralism and the denial that there is one Church is widespread in a society in which divorce and remarriage are widespread? The natural begetting of a child through the loving union of husband and wife is intended to be a sign that God creates each human soul immediately and with love. This reality is obscured in a society which accepts in vitro fertilization or other artificial means of procreation.… And in households where, by design, there is no father or there is no mother, how will the children come to understand God as Father or what it means for God to love us like a mother? … Examples could be multiplied but, suffice it to say, a lack of love and esteem for the goodness of the natural family entails a lack of love and esteem for God and the things of heaven.
The bishops, writes Fr. Sebastian, are "striving to interpret to the world the supernatural significance of the natural family" — a task that is treacherous, but essential.
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Apple released details about its newest product today in Vogue, almost a month before the Apple event rumoured for March 15th.
Ive says it's all out of context and being a bit of an arse is what made Jobs a winner.
Could the design guru soon be leaving the company?
As Ive climbs the Apple ladder its leaves a few rungs free for new designers to step up and emerge.
He's still its most senior designer. But now he's the most-est senior designer ever, fingers crossed, no returns, no comebacks. Period.
It's a more serene, peaceful way of absorbing the essence of Apple's impending smartwatch.
The hulking Apple TAM desktop predates the Apple Watch in targeting the heavier of wallet.
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Children need saws and scalpels to learn product design, not computers, says Apple man.
Apple's design guru is unsurprisingly not that keen on the masses of iPhone knock-off designs being stuck out there by some of the Chinese makers, telling a crowd at a tech event that: "I don't see it as flattery ... I actually see it as theft."
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Five Reasons Washington Needs Dual Language Programs
Want your kids to grow up bilingual? Check out Global Washington's guide to dual language education in Washington state.
A friend of mine living in Beacon Hill recently had a little baby girl. She's a few months old and, understandably, isn't speaking much yet, but her parents are hoping that someday she'll be able to converse in multiple languages. While kindergarten is still five or six years away, they are already taking steps to enroll their daughter in a dual language program–a school program that not only teaches multiple languages, but teaches important school subjects in those multiple languages.
Here's five reasons that you should do the same:
1. Dual language programs are the best way for English speakers to learn new languages.
Whether your target language is Spanish, Hindi, Italian, or Mandarin, studying important topics like social studies and history in two languages – not to mention mixing two different groups of speakers – really beefs up learning. It helps build a multifaceted understanding of the topics, and it increases students' cognitive ability to negotiate language creatively and increase the accessibility of the target language for use in everyday life.
2. Dual language programs are better than 'pull-out' or 'remedial' English programs for minority language speakers.
Many school districts teach English via a "pull out model," in which English language learners (ELL) are taken from regular instruction and given extra 'remedial' courses in English. Yazmin Gill, who formerly taught in one of these programs, describes it as "completely disconnected from regular instruction."
Gil now teaches in Hilltop Elementary's dual language program, which keeps all the kids learning together, at the same level. Gil says this creates fewer feelings of inferiority (or superiority) and produces more rapid language learning results for both the ELL students and the English speaking students who are learning the target language.
3. Dual language programs give other languages higher worth
Though well-intentioned, programs that take non-English speakers out of the classroom often contain messages that rate ELL students as 'sub-par' students who are struggling with the 'problem' of not speaking English well. According to Bernard Koontz, Language Learning Coordinator of Highline Public Schools, this message is internalized by students and often becomes multigenerational.
Dual language programs help to deconstruct the ideas, discourse, and institutionalized racism around language policy. According to Koontz, "in saying Spanish matters, and matters so much that we will spend half of the school day focusing on it, we are making an affirmative statement about other cultures. We are changing the civic discourse around language and language policy and that is really powerful."
4. Being bilingual is a valuable professional asset.
It is very likely that soon, monolingual English speakers are going to be at a significant professional disadvantage. As the US continues on its demonstrated multicultural trajectory, a second if not a third language will be the minimum requirement for most jobs, particularly the well-paid and desired ones.
Luckily, Washington school systems have seen this need and have begun to rise to the occasion. The Highline School District has four dual language programs with the oldest cohort about to enter 5th grade. Three of these programs are Spanish and English, two-way, 50/ 50 programs, meaning that half of the school day is taught in English and half in Spanish. And notably, the program starting this year in White Center Heights is a 50/50 Vietnamese program which indicates, according to Koontz, "a step in the right direction" in terms of recognizing the importance of a variety of languages. Already, Hindi and Arabic programs are on the horizon.
5. Dual language programs don't cost any more than single language programs.
Isn't that going to be expensive? Not really, says Highline's Bernard Koontz, who calls budgetary concerns a "red herring" when it comes to dual language programs. Of course there are start-up costs, but "[dual language programs] aren't any more expensive than general education programs once they are up and running. You still have to buy stuff, it's just different stuff."
Assessment, staffing, and aligning the program to fit with the rest of the school district's processes do pose challenges, but Koontz points out that "the hard work of school teams is worth the terrific benefit of having this method of instruction become the mainstream."
Many people – like my friend in Beacon Hill – are so excited about dual language education that demand may soon outstrip supply.
Do you want dual language programs in your school district or want to support the ones that are already there? Bernard Koontz encourages calling your school system and showing support. Or calling them up to demand that your language be included in a program. He welcomes these critical conversations as they help to engage the community in conversation.
Dual Language Programs in Washington
Here is a sortable directory of dual language programs in Western Washington. If we missed any, please feel free to comment and add them. With programs popping up all over the area, sometimes it's hard to keep up.
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Data collected and analyzed by Marta Mikkelsen, PhD Student, University of Washington College of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Summer 2012.
More resources:
- Washington Association for Bilingual Education
- Washington State Superintended of Public Instruction: World Languages
- Washington State World Languages Learning Standards
Global WA has partnered with The Seattle Globalist to produce "Growing up Global": a series of articles for parents in the Seattle area seeking internationally-oriented opportunities for their kids.
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Please add Denny International Middle School and Chief Sealth International High School to your list (Seattle Public Schools). Students who have gone through the K-5 dual language program at Concord International will be 6th graders at Denny IMS this fall. Denny IMS has been running a dual language program for the past four years and Chief Sealth IHS is launching a dual language program this fall. At CSIHS, students in the DL program will be able to take social studies classes in Spanish along with upper level Spanish language classes. This will provide a K-12 dual language pathway from Concord to Denny to Chief Sealth.
Thanks for this info Noah! We've added Denny and Sealth to the list. Can you give us the time split for both of those programs–and are we correct that both are Spanish/English?
I teach at Denny and will be teaching Dual Language social studies this year. At Denny, our students have 1/3 of their day in Spanish. They have a reading/writing class and a social studies class in Spanish.
Also, Hamilton International Middle School has a continuation immersion program from John Stanford International School that has one period of Spanish or Japanese per day. The students then can continue in high school at Ingraham, where students are integrated into the Spanish and Japanese language programs there.
Thank you Liz! We've added Hamilton to the list and updated the info on Denny. Please let us know if it looks like we're missing any further detail.
The author's friend may want to check out El Centro de la Raza's dual language, day care and pre-school programs on Beacon Hill. It is Spanish/English, accredited by NAEYCanime pre-K classes are funded by the city and other organizations because it is a designated high quality, early learning center.
I really want to believe #5. In programs without large numbers of native speakers, how are the Immersion IAs paid for? As per the MacDonald PTA budget, they are spending close to $350K on immersion supports:
Bravo to PTAs that can raise those kinds of funds but how can you achieve equitable access to LI if it costs so much to implement well? I admit that my knowledge on this is shallow. I welcome a more in depth explanation of how the costs don't exceed other schools. Thanks!
Monroe School District has a dual-language program at Frank Wagner Elementary. It's in its third year and has K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms now. They will add a new grade for those moving up each year. Class is split 50% English and 50% Spanish.
The bottom line is not the dual language program, but the parents need to be respected as to what they want for their own child. We have children in this country that have disabilities that would not actually do good in a dual language class. All English classes can not be eliminated from American public schools since we do need them.
Does anyone know of a dual language program around Bellingham, Wa? Thanks
We have a two year old program in South Kitsap School District at Burley Glenwood Elementary.


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The malaise is partly the result of efforts made at the peak of the global financial crisis to prevent a housing-sector collapse. In late 2008, as the property market tottered, the Reserve Bank of India leaned on banks to restructure loans to developers so as to delay repayment, while the government pressured lenders to offer low mortgage rates to bolster home sales. Those effects are wearing off—since May, interest rates have been rising along with inflation, putting borrowers under pressure. Another RBI bailout seems unlikely, barring serious and immediate concerns that the sector's problems will spill out into the wider economy.
So far, developers' rising debt has covered up for falling sales, but the borrowing is also leaving them increasingly vulnerable. Real-estate adviser Knight Frank says developers' interest cost is 2.3 times what it was in 2007-08, the last time property prices were this high. In that same time, the sector's interest coverage ratio—which measures how many times a company can repay its debt with earnings before taxes—has dropped from 12.5 to 2.7, Knight Frank says.
Though developers may be in a state of denial, investors in their shares are not: The Bombay Stock Exchange's Realty index is down nearly 50% in the past year, compared with a 14% drop in the Sensex. Foreign investors who had proved keen on the long-term India property story in the past are also pulling back--the portion of India's foreign direct investment that's going into real estate has fallen to just over 2% so far this fiscal year, down from an aggregate 7% since 2000. When foreign investors will return is a difficult call, especially given the global economic slowdown.
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NOTE the assumptions 8 comments
The Administration, and its various loyal mouthpieces, tell us all is well, "welcome to the recovery", etc. And this includes an assumption, usually unspoken, that stock prices will rise. They clearly hope so, otherwise the huge taxpayer position in things like GM, AIG, and Citi would be underwater forever, and 'we can't have that!'
It goes without saying that, in such an environment, it is also presumed that Warren Buffet will do well.
But, interestingly to me, much of these assumptions line up very well with the expectations of well over half of the "doom and gloom" crowd. If you flit on over to Zero Hedge, probably The main crossroads of shark-jumping conspiracy theory, the nigh-unchallenged assumption currently is of an inflationary collapse, that propels the absolute price of productive assets (=stock in dividend paying companies) higher and higher. And again, Warren buffet is expected to prosper.
Who would have thought we would find Tim Geithner and "Tyler Durden" on the same page?
The 'evidence' brought up to support this is a supposed rise in money supply . . . when a significant fraction of this is bank balance sheets, which are marked to mythology, not to market. The problem with that is, to actually serve as money supply, to be offered as payment in a free market, those assets must be exposed to market valuation, if only briefly . . . at which point, much of it vanishes. Let me direct anyone doubting this to the results of various FDIC closures, where bank that re supposedly only marginally insolvent end up costing the taxpayers many millions, as their buyers demand assets be marked to market.
Gold is also enjoying a singular uniformity of opinion about its immediate future: 90% bulls. And why not? The immediate past has been stellar; and that's pretty much all that goes into the calculus of most participants. Such excesses of opinion are seldom stable, and usually lead to declines. Nothing startling about that – most long bull markers are full of scary pauses.
But this time, so many leverage happy, yield–hungry players have loaded up on gold, that any decline is likely to get amplified considerably. All those hedge funds, desperate to generate the alpha that will justify their "2 and 10", are piling into gold like they piled into everything else, and it will have the same result.
And the further away from 'the gold standard' you go in commodities, the more severe these certainties seem to get. Silver is 90+% bulls. Some of the softs are even worse. And we are now told definitively that "Oil is now permanently above $80" (Zero Hedge, again) – the ghost of Boone Pickens' lost billions will haunt that call.
Likewise, the $US, we are oh-so-confidently assured, is toast. This despite the fact that every other major currency is worse off (I omit the Swissie from this, as its total volume is much less). The Euro is doomed by the blatantly criminal fraud of its shaddier users, and China is an absolute catastrophe waiting to happen.
Note the assumptions.
People are assuming, nearly universally, that not only is QE2 coming, but that it will have some effect. Given the verifiably teensy impact of QE 1, this is very much unfounded. They expect an inflationary pulse, when all the real data show, and in fact all not-prostituted economic theory predicts, a decline in money supply.
People assume that the recent 'go-go' economy is the norm, and the troubles of the last 3 years are some sort of anomaly. A quick flip through the history books will tell you otherwise – unless of course, "it's different this time".
Deflation is inevitable at this point, a falling safe. Credit is saturated, to the point where marginal addition is decreasing money supply. There is nothing the Fed can do to prevent deflation, but much they will try, which will accelerate it.
And thank goodness! The 'growth' was the result of demand artificially pulled forward, by government meddling (=low interest prices), and was therefor unsustainable. Prices must come down . . . and they will, to the betterment of frugal consumers throughout the nation. It will be painful to some, debtors and foolish lenders, but that is the bed they made.
And this means the $US will go up. Probably up a lot, a lot more than the powers That Be would wish . . . and probably despite their repeated attempts to prevent it.
But when these deflationary realities forces themselves on all those monolithic inflation assumptions, there is going to be quite shock in the market places. A lot of money lost. And gained.
My money were my mouth is: This is my deflationary expectation portfolio.
Short PRU (legacy position, but nowhere to go but down)
Short HOG (luxury, that routinely kills its owner)
Short AAPL (a little guilt here, but they are not the Apple I remember)
Short HYD (high yield muni fund – kiss of death)
jan '11 Puts on MS, GE, GS, & HOG
jan '11 & march '11 calls on UUP
leap puts on BRK-B, SHLD (splat!), & SPY
all of the above well out of the money, save MS, GE, & GS
These are my actual, current positions.
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BRK-B looks fairly valued to me at the current $80-90 range. I think it would be quite cheap under $50. $35 is absurd, and I'm happy to pick up a few dollars providing insurance on this.
Mr. Bohn,
My puts' strike is $40, so we are fairly close to counterparties on this one! An interesting conversation, indeed.
1) Like Napoleon before him, Buffet shows signs of operating past his mental prime.
2) The coming environment is one even he has not operated in before.
3) Even if I'm wrong about the above, much of current price is built on his name. Even if his successor(s) are as good, his inevitable absence will not be received well.
4) Deflation certain, = $US up, asset prices down.
5) Insurance, like all finance, is a leverage game. And leverage will increase the pain on the way down. It is no accident that the collapse of stock prices in 2008 was led by financials.
6) Feds are out of bailout wiggle room, as voters are getting cranky.
7) Housing prices, the final underpinning for So Much of the credit pyramid, has continued to Just Get Worse.
8) For those who follow technical analysis (I do), the Elliott Wave counts are just ghastly.
9) If you follow fundamentals, adjusted for The Split, BRK was down around 50 in March of '09 . . . and the fundamental picture seems certain to get even worse than then.
(I address several of these in more depth in various previous Instablog posts)
So, let me say that I admire your courage.
Thanks for the discussion. It is useful to me to look at BRK in more detail. I bought BRK shares during the crisis, and I've had to learn more about the company as the share price has risen and my margin of safety has shrunk.
44 = BNI - Burlington Northern's purchase price counting BNI shares already held + debt assumed.
14 = Geico - looks to be about the same size / market share as PGR, which is publicly traded at a value of 14
15 = General Re - valued at 10 times (underwriting earnings + an estimated 5% return on insurance float)
16 = BH Reinsurance - also valued at 10 times (underwriting earnings + an estimated 5% return on insurance float)
11 = Midamerican Utility - valued at 10 times 2009 net income
11 to 35 = Other Businesses (Marmon Group, McLance, Dairy Queen, Borsheim, Clayton Homes, etc) - if valued at 10 times depressed 2009 earnings, you get a value of 11. 15 times full earnings (2007-2008) gives 35.
8.2 = other equities
5 = GS preferred shares - these pay $0.5 billion per year, so I think they're worth more than 5, which was BRK's cost.
3 = GE preferred shares - these pay $0.3 billion per year, so I think they're worth more than 3, which was BRK's cost.
3 = Dow preferred shares - these pay $0.255 billion per year, or an 8.5% annual return if valued at 3.
3 = Swiss Re preferred shares - these pay $0.36 billion per year, or a 12% annual return if valued at 3.
4 = 4.4 billion in funding for Mars to buy Wrigley, can't find info on the terms so let's take it close to face value.
1) BRK greatly benefits from its conglomerate structure, which gives it a strong credit rating and the ability to allocate capital.
2) I've taken conservative valuations of everything except for equities & Burlington Northern which were valued at market/cost.
3) Warren Buffett is old, but he adds more value than a typical CEO, due both to his expertise and his status, which allows him access to deals other CEO's would not have.
Also, a note on leverage.
BRK is a leveraged company, however, they are much less leveraged than a pure financial. For instance looking at banks I see that C & BAC have assets equal to 12.5 and 10.1 times equity, respectively. Looking at insurance companies, ALL & PGR have assets equal to 7.3 and 3.4 times equity.
To contrast, BRK has assets equal to 2.4 times equity.
Also, comparing BRK to other companies in the property & casualty insurance industry, BRK has a debt to equity ratio lower than 79% of its peers.
Oh . . . SO much to answer . . . Please be understanding if I don't touch on each and every line.
i would argue that, in the current environment, leverage is very hard to accurately quantify, esPecially of financials – So much of their holdings are marked to Unicorn that their actual equity may be zilch. I am quite sure that C and BAC have no real equity, at this point.
GE, for example. Not a zilch, but Waayyy overvalued.
And GS. Hatred leads to scrutiny, and it's the nature of depressions that people get cranky, and lax interpretations of laws an rules that were SOP in better times get more stringently applied.
And, again, once the Fed spigot is shot off, their business model can't last.
As for "better than 79%", cold comfort if 80% fail.
The insurance arm will be on the hook for all sort sorts of thing the agreed to insure because they thought them unthinkable.
Clayton Homes I once worked for, their HQ in my neck of the woods. I saw enough to convince me that they are following a blatantly predatory business model (well over 50% repossessions, back in '04 or so, and they were Fine with it) and will likely draw all sorts of extra regulatory, and perhaps legal, attention. it's going to be a BAD time to be in real estate, and for some time.
Most of the large cap equities you mention are on my 'avoid' list, as they seem to be benefiting from the notion that "consumer staples' are relatively immune from bear markets. I believe this is an error. And some of them are getting pretty sloppy, resting on their laurels. For example, I have personally found KFT to be letting the quality of its core product go. WMT is getting undersold where I live.
Things can get Way worse than '09; in fact, seem sure to.
It's not like this hasn't happened before. From the peak in 1929 to the bottom in '32, the Dow lost 89%. The fundamentals are worse now, and the Fed is arguably more constrained.
I have No intention of riding this one all the way down, as I have concerns about the stability of the various exchange. THInk about the effect of the current mortgage fraud crises on real estate . . . now imagine a similar event in, say, equity trade. I don't want my winning to be stuck on the books of a defunked broker. I will close when I think downside volume is peaking, not try to pick a price bottom
Here's another way to put it:
BRK's portfolio is a a largely one sided bet on the sustainability of the Status Quo – debts will mostly continue to be serviced gracefully (e.g., GE), "unthinkable" misfortunes will only arise in small, hedge-able amounts (Insurance), decline in money supply and money velocity will never gets so deep as to threaten the cash flow of consumer staple stocks (KFT, PG, JNJ).
That was a great bet, once upon a time. But not now. The Status Quo won't survive, can't, much less prosper, and hitching one's wagon to it now is an invitation to torment.
"Marked to unicorn". That's pretty good.
funny, I don't Think of myself as a speculator. I saw those puts (as I imagine you did) as a value, cheap at the price, compared to likely return. So I took a position, and will hold on to them until I am convinced otherwise (again, I imagine, much like yourself).
One could argue that the presence of an expiration changes things, . . . but it changes them for both of us, so can't be a criterion for investor/speculator differentiation.
Today I bought IBM an. '13 puts, strike 85. Under a buck! Jan 17, 2012
Yesterday, trimmed non-performers. Closed shorts on PRU, TWX, & HOG. Also sold my puts of SHLD & BRK. Ready to redeploy that capital. Oct 11, 2011
Hillbilly Stock Star: Eeeeeeeeeeew! Sep 15, 2011
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Posted: 4/29/2010 3:20:21 PM EDT
What is the Carrier Tilt? Is that something that should concern me before I go with a certain system. I have never heard of that. I don't run my equipment hard. Basically a range shooter.
Posted: 4/29/2010 3:51:06 PM EDT
It happens when the back of the bolt carrier tilts slightly downward when the carrier is traveling into the stock extension (buffer tube). It causes some wear on the bottom of the tube. There is a ton of pictures on this sight showing carrier tilt.
Posted: 4/29/2010 4:56:28 PM EDT
It can happen from the force of the piston pushing on the carrier causing it to tilt into the tube just like it sounds. Each Piston MFG approaches it differently Adam Arms put "ski's" on the bottom of their carrier, Osprey also has a fatter carrier and their carrier gas key has an opening so the tappet hits the same spot every time. I have not noticed any issues but then again I only shoot a couple thousand rounds a year. It really is an overblown issue.
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Ruger has a video on how they address carrier tilt:
there is a FAQ video on this.
I see NO signs of carrier tilt on my Ruger SR556 and that is with 2400 rounds on it now.
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If it was two years ago, I'd probably worry about tilt. A lot of the older designs I've gotten my hands on have all shown some sort of tube wear. Like one of the previous posts noted, all of the companies that are still in the piston game have updated their designs to reduce tilt and eliminate buffer tube wear. If you're really paranoid, you can pick up a anti-cant buffer which prevents tilt from occurring.
Here's the link to the buffers:
Posted: 4/29/2010 8:16:45 PM EDT
I have maintained all along that this is essentially a non-issue. A little finish worn off does not constitute a need to panic.
A recent thread here dealt with a shooter's new SR556 that had sustained considerable damage to the bottom edge of the tube due to "tilt" after just a few hundred rounds. It was determined (by me, ) that the contributing cause was a buffer tube that was one-turn short of being fully installed. This allowed the back of the carrier to slam into the edge of the tube instead of just bump the top inside surface, thereby causing quick wear and a popped buffer retainer. Had the tube been fully installed, no failure would have occurred.
Please, folks, this is a minor cosmetic issue in a part of the gun not even normally seen. *Even if* this minor wear continued for thousands of rounds, it's a condition easily monitored by simply opening the gun and pushing the buffer back a bit. If it ever looks like it's going to cause a problem after thousands of rounds, it's easily fixed by replacing the tube.
Tilt is an issue that has captured the hearts and minds of the piston haters.
Posted: 4/29/2010 8:25:16 PM EDT
Originally Posted By skyungjae:
Here's the link to the buffers:
That's for the paranoid who can afford that kind of money. But, I'm sure some will buy it to avoid a little shiny spot on the inside of their tube.
How many new tubes can you buy for $125.00?
Posted: 4/30/2010 8:32:21 PM EDT
Here are the results of the carrier tilt I'm seeing in my build.
Aluminum all over the BC:
Posted: 4/30/2010 9:36:16 PM EDT
You dont get that with Osprey 416
Posted: 4/30/2010 9:57:34 PM EDT
Originally Posted By _russ:
Here are the results of the carrier tilt I'm seeing in my build.
Aluminum all over the BC:
What gp system are you using?
Posted: 5/1/2010 8:02:22 AM EDT
CMMG complete M4LEP2 upper.
Posted: 5/1/2010 8:22:09 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 5/1/2010 8:24:42 AM EDT by kentak]
Originally Posted By _russ:
CMMG complete M4LEP2 upper.
Can you post another picture like the middle one––but with better light on the damaged part? Can you do the same thing with the pic of the bottom of the carrier? I know it's a lot of trouble, but I'm really interested in this issue.
Is the bottom of the carrier beveled? Why?
Posted: 5/2/2010 8:47:28 PM EDT
I will try to get some better pictures. The carrier is as it came from the factory, you would have to ask CMMG why.
Posted: 5/3/2010 7:44:39 AM EDT
If you look at the bottom of the carrier in the photo it looks like the shavings are coming from the lip on the back of the carrier when it is moving fwd in the tube. You can see at teh edge of the lip there is a line where the aluminum that has galled on the tube is sticking to the edge of the lip on the carrier. At least that is what it looks like from the pictures.
Posted: 5/3/2010 8:10:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 5/3/2010 8:13:55 AM EDT by Armeddefender]
Carrier tilt is real. It is a matter of physics; every action has an opposite and equal reaction. When the op-rod of any piston system impinges upon the carrier lug it does so off axis causing the carrier to be thrust upwards into the upper receiver at the forward end and thrust downward at the carrier's rear causing the carrier to collide with the buffer tube. These forces transferred directly into the upper receiver and buffer tube resulting in accelerated wear as noted most prominently within the buffer tube. Yes the amount of wear will vary from system to system. The reality is that every piston operated AR-15 or AR-10 type rifle will have this condition where the forces created by the carrier being actuated off axis by the op-rod will transfer directly into the upper receiver and buffer tube. This condition is not an issue with the direct impingement AR rifles because the bolt is essentially a piston that is centered within the carrier and when the discharge gases actuate the bolt and carrier it does so on axis driving the carrier directly rearward, essentially free floating. Now if one can accept that carrier tilt does exist, what to do about it? I think it is obvious that the industry believes it exists. The industry has devised numerous options for addressing carrier tilt all of which falls short of stopping the hardened alloy carrier from contacting the aluminum buffer tube and the resulting wear. Here is what I believe to be the best option. A bolt carrier that has an anti wear buffer integrated into the carrier to eliminate contact between the carrier and buffer tube. This carrier buffer also serves as an alignment tool to guide the carrier within the buffer tube as a tubular rail type system. It should be noted that every successful piston operated small arm that I am aware of has some sort of rail system to guide and offset the forces created by the physics associated with piston operated firearms. Additional benefits to be derived from a bolt carrier buffer assembly. 1) Prevents carrier from tilting, thus allowing a larger surface area of the carrier to make contact with the upper receiver reducing upper wear. 2) By supporting the carrier at the rear throughout its entire range of travel better aligns the bolt with the barrel extension. 3) The polymer type buffer material also acts as a buffer between the bolt carrier and buffer. In addition the carrier buffer absorbs recoil shock and quiets the rifles action. Note the industry standard seems to be cutting the rear of the carrier at angle, resulting with two undesirable conditions. 1) An unsupported carrier at the rear allows even more carrier tilt at the forward end resulting with an even greater force being transferred directly to the upper receiver. 2) The angled cutting of the carrier causes the carrier to jump in a ramp like fashion colliding with the buffer tube farther down on the top side of the buffer tube, out of sight out of mind. The idea of a buffer with a lug that enters the rear of the carrier would help offset carrier tilt, but it merely transfers the wear from the carrier and buffer tube to the buffer and buffer tube. Furthermore, I have some reservations about the buffer tilting and interfering with the proper operation of the buffer spring, potentially causing a malfunction. In addition a buffer type device requires both take down pins to be removed before allowing access to the bolt, bolt carrier, upper, or lower receiver.
Posted: 5/3/2010 8:12:45 AM EDT
Posted: 5/3/2010 8:52:18 AM EDT
Carrier Tilt on the extension tube is not a big deal, you should remove the metal with a file, open up the mouth of the stock tube.
The larger issue with carrier tilt is not really there because that won't do anything but mess up your stock tube, but if you look at where the bolt group is sitting when the round is chambered you will see the anodizing start to disappear near the bottom, when this breaks through the anodizing it could be a problem. Even with this I have seen them run after screwing up the the anodizing for a heck of a long time, it is still going.
Posted: 5/3/2010 9:23:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 5/3/2010 9:31:16 PM EDT by kentak]
Originally Posted By d90king:
Interesting that the majority of all tilt issues are from Ruger owners. I have never seen it present itself in a LMT, Hk or LWRCI FWIW...
Says who?
Also, it is not true that Ruger has not addressed tilt. Follow this link and click on the video regarding carrier tilt.
Posted: 5/5/2010 8:45:26 AM EDT
Too Bad Kurt (kkf) was not still alive I was talking to him and he working on the true solution to this issue and none of systems out there would have even compared i was waiting on it, thats why i waited so long before going piston
no i'm not sharing the idea .....yet
Posted: 5/6/2010 9:44:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 5/7/2010 6:24:56 AM EDT by _russ]
Here's a better shot of the buffer tube wear.
Back of the upper receiver.
Cam pin wear inside the upper receiver.
And here is what I hope will fix it, I made this in a few hours after work last week (no plans to make more or sell any, just couldn't justify spending $100 for something I could make myself). Well, this and the POF roller cam pin I ordered.
Posted: 5/7/2010 4:55:51 AM EDT
All of the short stroke piston systems will do this no matter who makes it. You may see it vary on a gun by gun basis. In high speed you should see the bolt group and the barrel deflection.
There was once the perfect piston solution that was made on a weapon created for the SAW trials. It apparently dominated the M249 but was kicked out, The gun I think was named the Rodman gun and it had 2 pistons, one above and one below the barrel. Little barrel deflection during operation, a little closer to the actual AR.
Posted: 5/7/2010 6:45:26 AM EDT
Originally Posted By _russ:
Here's a better shot of the buffer tube wear.
Back of the upper receiver.
Cam pin wear inside the upper receiver.
And here is what I hope will fix it. Well, this and the POF roller cam pin I ordered.
See my post above. This anti wear carrier buffer system with thousands of rounds fired in full auto, suppressed, and semi-auto has eliminated the excessive wear associated with piston operated ARs. Here is a link of just one day of testing that has been performed with the anti wear carrier buffer: Testing The Anti Wear Carrier Buffer This test is continuous auto fire, 90 rounds suppressed, a total of 930 rounds, 500 rounds silver bear and 430 PMC. I am also using this carrier buffer in the .308 piston system with the same results. The wear in the .308 ARs without this carrier buffer is much worse than the 5.56 because the added weight and length of the AR-10 carrier magnifies the effects of the physics that cause carrier tilt. After more then two years of testing various carrier configurations including the anti tilt buffer idea nothing has matched the performance of the anti wear carrier buffer. Here are my findings on the anti tilt buffer. The idea of a buffer with a lug that enters the rear of the carrier does help offset carrier tilt, but it merely transfers the wear from the carrier and buffer tube to the buffer and buffer tube. Furthermore, I have some reservations about the buffer tilting and interfering with the proper operation of the buffer spring, potentially causing a malfunction. In addition a buffer type device requires both take down pins to be removed before allowing access to the bolt, bolt carrier, upper, or lower receiver. If you are interested in my full discussion on how I believe the carrier wear issues can be eliminated read these post at the following links:
Posted: 5/7/2010 9:25:49 AM EDT
When you pull your charging handle, the force is applied to the same part of the carrier as the piston operating rod. When I racked my AR a few times with the CMMG carrier, I noticed rubbing on the bottom of the CMMG 1 piece bolt carrier.
Posted: 7/6/2010 5:57:49 AM EDT
So how can I get one of these Carrier Buffer? I haven't been able to find a web site for Black Rifle Arms.
Posted: 7/6/2010 7:17:07 AM EDT
Originally Posted By _russ:
Here are the results of the carrier tilt I'm seeing in my build.
Aluminum all over the BC:
Has anybody speculated that the carrier tilt damage might be exacerbated by the use of the Accu-Wedge? The wedge works by putting a little upward pressure on the bottom of the upper. This would increase the distance that the carrier has to "tilt" to get into the buffer tube.
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