Victor Davis Hanson

When I was a little boy, my grandmother, who grew up in New Mexico, very poor, with a ranching family, and her father had spent his whole life looking for the Adams diggings. They made a movie about McKenna's gold. You remember that? Oh, really? The mystical. It's supposed to be on the rocket range somewhere. But anyway, he...

When I was a little boy, my grandmother, who grew up in New Mexico, very poor, with a ranching family, and her father had spent his whole life looking for the Adams diggings. They made a movie about McKenna's gold. You remember that? Oh, really? The mystical. It's supposed to be on the rocket range somewhere. But anyway, he...

When I was a little boy, my grandmother, who grew up in New Mexico, very poor, with a ranching family, and her father had spent his whole life looking for the Adams diggings. They made a movie about McKenna's gold. You remember that? Oh, really? The mystical. It's supposed to be on the rocket range somewhere. But anyway, he...

Her brother was shot in a saloon and murdered, and her father sold what little cattle they had and went out to look for the desperado. And then he went out in the frontier mountains. They caught the guy and brought him back. And then... He looked for this mystical treasure. But every once in a while, one of her brothers or somebody would send back a little bit of gold dust in the mail.

Her brother was shot in a saloon and murdered, and her father sold what little cattle they had and went out to look for the desperado. And then he went out in the frontier mountains. They caught the guy and brought him back. And then... He looked for this mystical treasure. But every once in a while, one of her brothers or somebody would send back a little bit of gold dust in the mail.

Her brother was shot in a saloon and murdered, and her father sold what little cattle they had and went out to look for the desperado. And then he went out in the frontier mountains. They caught the guy and brought him back. And then... He looked for this mystical treasure. But every once in a while, one of her brothers or somebody would send back a little bit of gold dust in the mail.

So my grandmother, when I was a little boy in this house, I'm sitting and would say, look at this. It's worth $32 an ounce. Can you believe that, Victor? And there was like an eighth of an ounce. And my point is, before Nixon got us off the gold standard, The price of gold was set by the government. And the currency, in theory, I think they stopped that in the 30s.

So my grandmother, when I was a little boy in this house, I'm sitting and would say, look at this. It's worth $32 an ounce. Can you believe that, Victor? And there was like an eighth of an ounce. And my point is, before Nixon got us off the gold standard, The price of gold was set by the government. And the currency, in theory, I think they stopped that in the 30s.

So my grandmother, when I was a little boy in this house, I'm sitting and would say, look at this. It's worth $32 an ounce. Can you believe that, Victor? And there was like an eighth of an ounce. And my point is, before Nixon got us off the gold standard, The price of gold was set by the government. And the currency, in theory, I think they stopped that in the 30s.

And I know a lot of economists are going to correct me. But there was a time in America that anybody could take their dollars in to a bank and get gold in return at a set government price.

And I know a lot of economists are going to correct me. But there was a time in America that anybody could take their dollars in to a bank and get gold in return at a set government price.

And I know a lot of economists are going to correct me. But there was a time in America that anybody could take their dollars in to a bank and get gold in return at a set government price.

Yes, you could do that. It was a redeemable. Printed money was not currency. It was a certificate for redemption. It was just a way of not having to carry gold around. And there's a lot of people, I've talked to a lot of people, not nuts at all, who want to bring back the gold standard.

Yes, you could do that. It was a redeemable. Printed money was not currency. It was a certificate for redemption. It was just a way of not having to carry gold around. And there's a lot of people, I've talked to a lot of people, not nuts at all, who want to bring back the gold standard.

Yes, you could do that. It was a redeemable. Printed money was not currency. It was a certificate for redemption. It was just a way of not having to carry gold around. And there's a lot of people, I've talked to a lot of people, not nuts at all, who want to bring back the gold standard.

They lost everything. They lost everything. They had gone to find the murderer. Her name, their maiden name was Johnston. They were a distant, distant, distant relative of the Confederate General Joe Johnston. And that was kind of a sticking point because my grandfather was a Welshman maternal from Missouri.

They lost everything. They lost everything. They had gone to find the murderer. Her name, their maiden name was Johnston. They were a distant, distant, distant relative of the Confederate General Joe Johnston. And that was kind of a sticking point because my grandfather was a Welshman maternal from Missouri.

They lost everything. They lost everything. They had gone to find the murderer. Her name, their maiden name was Johnston. They were a distant, distant, distant relative of the Confederate General Joe Johnston. And that was kind of a sticking point because my grandfather was a Welshman maternal from Missouri.

And his great, his grandmother, Lucy Anna Davis, they came from Missouri because they were northerners. And he fought on the northern side, but they lived in the southern part of Missouri. So after the war was over, there was a family... saga that he was in a fight with someone and he fled. They decided that southern Missouri was not safe for Yankees. So they fled to California in 1870.

And his great, his grandmother, Lucy Anna Davis, they came from Missouri because they were northerners. And he fought on the northern side, but they lived in the southern part of Missouri. So after the war was over, there was a family... saga that he was in a fight with someone and he fled. They decided that southern Missouri was not safe for Yankees. So they fled to California in 1870.