{"id":1696,"date":"2007-10-15T06:23:14","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T11:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/more-cold-war-relics\/"},"modified":"2007-10-15T06:23:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T11:23:14","slug":"more-cold-war-relics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/more-cold-war-relics","title":{"rendered":"More cold war relics"},"content":{"rendered":"

In keeping with the previous post on Norman Mailer’s gnostic wackiness, I should probably also relegate Ben Stein to “relic of the cold war” status, but he seems to have adjusted pretty well to the modern age, and offers some pretty good life & investment advice<\/a> in his most recent column in the NYTimes<\/em>:<\/p>\n

GET A BIG DOG<\/strong> And have that dog sleep in your bed with you. Dogs know nothing of mortality, and they share that peace with you.<\/p>\n

INVEST FOR THE LONG HAUL<\/strong> If you are a smart long-term investor, do not pay any attention to short-term developments. They are often reported by people whose motivation may be to scare you (screaming about the subprime “crisis”) or to make you giddily greedy (screaming about that one certain stock you should buy to retire rich).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the other hand, Terry Eagleton comes off as a Marxist douchebag<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In keeping with the previous post on Norman Mailer’s gnostic wackiness, I should probably also relegate Ben Stein to “relic of the cold war” status, but he seems to have adjusted pretty well to the modern age, and offers some pretty good life & investment advice in his most recent column in the NYTimes: GET … <\/p>\n

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