Books, Films, Gold March 10, 2024March 10, 2024 Three books I’ll keep recommending until democracy is saved: A Fever in the Heartland — how white Christian nationalists almost took over the country in the 1920’s. Prequel — how they almost did again ten years later. Blowback — third time’s a charm? Many Americans favor a “strongman” of the type Trump admires, like Putin and Orban. Millions more don’t. Yet given the Electoral College and a stacked Supreme Court, “majority rule” is no sure thing. Want to join Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden for an historic-yet-potentially-affordable evening in New York later this month, and help save democracy? Click here. Two Best Picture nominees I loved that didn’t win last night: THE HOLDOVERS and AMERICAN FICTION. Perfect for streaming. I’ve never been a fan of buying gold. An exception I made with money I can truly afford to lose (a seemingly a bottomless pit): HYMC, a Nevada gold mining stock, as described back in October before it reverse-split 1 for 10. (So in today’s terms, I paid $2.20, compared to the $11.90 that AMC believed was an attractive price when it bought its big slice, down from a high of $135.) The stock is basically unchanged from October. One thing that has changed, modestly, is the price of gold — at $2,177 an ounce Friday, up from $1,984 when I bought my HYMC and $1,918 when AMC bought its. If you’re like me, you get a lot of spam foretelling $3,000-an-ounce gold. (Which could well mean this is the top!) But if some smart people thought HYMC was a good buy at $11.90 when gold was $1,918, it could be an even better speculation at $2.30 with gold at $2,177. Or not.