Happy Conch Republic Independence Day! From the official site: DEDICATED TO THE FUNDAMENTALLY AMERICAN SPIRIT OF A PEOPLE UNAFRAID TO STAND UP TO ‘GOVERNMENT GONE MAD WITH POWER’ THAT EMBODIED THE FOUNDING OF THE CONCH REPUBLIC IN 1982. AS THE WORLD’S FIRST FIFTH WORLD NATION, A SOVEREIGN STATE OF MIND SEEKING ONLY TO BRING MORE […]

Jonathon Jarvis has put together a great overview of the credit crisis in a way that everyone can understand.

Islamorada is a fishing town, first and foremost, though more Hemingway than New Bedford. It’s an amazing place. Our waters are as clear as gin. We’ve got 6,000 species of fish within a ten-mile radius. Air doesn’t come any cleaner. Manatees float through our backyard canals. And we are the mecca of saltwater fly fishing. […]

Good overview last night on 60 Minutes of how 401(k) investors have been chronically disserviced by the mutual fund industry.

Some recent shots from Pat Ford in the Bahamas and Seychelles. Reprinted with permission.