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Gary Gibson

Gary Gibson is the managing editor for Whiskey and Gunpowder. He joins the Whiskey staff as a long-time fan and reader of both Whiskey and Gunpowder and the Daily Reckoning. A graduate of Fordham University, Gary now spends his days reading about and writing on limited government, sound money, personal responsibility and resource investing.

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    Detroit Real Estate: Down and Out at Market Value • October 26, 2009

    Detroit must be feeling like a streetwalker far past her prime.
    Some 9,000 homes and lots went up for tax foreclosure auction in the American symbol of industrial urban failure…yet 80% of them remain unsold despite a minimum bid of $500.
    How the world turns.
    Once Detroit was a dynamic city, the urban equivalent perhaps of a can-do, …Read more…

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    401(k) Investors Can’t Get Money • May 11, 2009

    Looks like I started kicking myself too soon.
    A few weeks ago I explained why I’m going to have to spend the next few years as an indentured servant to the feds to pay the taxes and penalty on my 401(k) withdrawal…but if I hadn’t done it when I did, I may never have seen that …Read more…

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    Zombie Pandemic Preparation • May 4, 2009

    I was more than a little thrilled to hear about a new potential pandemic. I was more than a little disappointed when I found out it didn’t involve zombies.
    I should admit up front that I am a doom-and-gloom sort through and through. I’m also a fan of spectacular collapses, disasters…and zombie fiction.
    Zombies, you see, are …Read more…

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    A Tax Day Lament and a Warning • April 15, 2009

    Your editor is as rueful as can be today, Shooters…absolutely full of rue…
    I’m like a former child star, tidying up the cell he shares with his prison boyfriend and wondering where it all went wrong…
    How many of you are wondering on this latest April 15 — as I am — how this present slavery became …Read more…

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    Al-Zeidi and Madoff: Liberty and Capitalism at Work • March 13, 2009

    Morning Whiskey: The First Shot’s on Me
    Greeting Shooters,
    Your submissions are rolling in, but I figured I’d pour the first shot.
    Welcome to Morning Whiskey. We’re going to use this little corner of our site to feature your thoughts on the matters dear to all the hearts at this bar.
    First up: Muntadhar al-Zeidi has been punished for …Read more…