Entrepreneurs are trying to create superior money, which is needed for global economic well-being, to replace the dollar and other failing government-created currencies. Unfortunately, these innovations are being strangled in their cribs by power-hungry central bankers and politicians.

The best known of these new experimental currencies -- "Bitcoin" -- is now under attack by several U.S. government agencies.  Why?  Because of this:

"The need to slough off the outworn old to make possible the productive new is universal. It is reasonably certain that we would still have stagecoaches -- nationalized to be sure, heavily subsidized and with a fantastic research program to 'retain the horse' -- had there been ministries of transportation around 1825."

The monopoly governments enforce regarding their currencies is obsolete.

Here are the top two speeches at CPAC.  Daniel Hannan represents Britain in the EU Parliament.  He exemplifies the extraordinary skill and eloquence of the classic British orator - combined with a passion for the principles of freedom that few American politicians can match, much less European.

One American who does is the Magnificent Sarah.  She is here at the top of her form, receiving over a dozen standing ovations.  We should all be praying for a brokered convention that would finally select her as the GOP nominee.  Palin-Perry 2012!

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Americans are living in Panic City over Ebola thanks to the now-lethal incompetence of Obola Obama.

He has allowed his fascist political ideology to become homicidally criminal.  He refuses to close our southern border from illegal invasion causing epidemics and to bar entry to anyone from Ebola-stricken countries as that would be the failure of his Amnesty goal of millions of new Democrat voters.

Hundreds of children in 46 states have been infected with Enterovirus D-68, with seven deaths reported by the CDC as of 10/15.  As Jack Kelly notes today (10/16): 

"There are more than 100 enteroviruses, ranging from the common cold to polio. EV D-68 has been very rare here. (But) EV D-68 is common in Central America, from whence came the flood of illegal immigrant children. The outbreak was first reported in communities to which they were sent.  CDC refuses to connect the dots.  Why won't it?"

Now add the Ebola Panic to this.  Ebola is being called Obama's Katrina for good reason.  The frightening incompetence of Obama's CDC should terrify anyone actually sentient regarding Obamacare's government seizure of America's entire health care system.

Let's take a break from Ebola politics and talk about how to actually protect yourself from it - from Ebola specifically and from any other viral contagion.

I've played water polo for most of my life, and still do. I've had the privilege of playing on some truly excellent teams, and I've also played on some, well... not so excellent teams.

I've also been involved with groups of psychologists who thought they knew how to be part of a team or build teams. I was always surprised at the lack of understanding among them.

Today I want to talk about some of the things I've found over the years that make for an excellent team... and a not so excellent team, whether it's for work, play, or marriage.

This is by no means exhaustive. There is so much that goes into team building that I can't put it all in one article. But I want to focus mostly on doing away with one great big flawed cliché: "There is no I in ‘team'."

The truth is, an excellent team has excellent players, each one of whom is there for his personal achievement and for the team's collective achievement. There is no contradiction between the two.

When either of these two elements is missing, the magic just won't happen.  A perfect example of this happened at the World Cup on Tuesday (7/01).

Most people who work in government have no problem giving their real names and telling you what they do, but there are exceptions.

Those who are engaged in real undercover work for government intelligence agencies or certain law enforcement agencies have a legitimate need to keep their identities secret, but they are a tiny fraction of all the people who work for government. However, what we are seeing is that too many other people in government, notably at the IRS, use pseudonyms when dealing with the public. The claim is that they need to do this to protect themselves from irate taxpayers.

In reality, IRS personnel are no more in danger than many others in both the public and private sectors who have to deliver bad news (including economic columnists). All too often, the main reason for not giving the taxpayer a real name is for IRS officials to avoid taking responsibility and to cover for a lack of knowledge about the case and/or the tax law and regulations.

A Special Announcement:  To The Point is co-sponsoring, along with Life Enhancement Magazine, a Life Enhancement Symposium with Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw in Las Vegas, March 22-24.

Shortly after Merv Griffin, the beloved talk show host, passed away in August 2007, I penned a tribute to him in To The Point, How Merv Griffin Enhanced and Extended the Lives of Millions.

I told the story of how I introduced Merv to one of my dearest friends, Durk Pearson.  He was a completely unknown scientist with an IQ so high MIT could not measure it.  It was 1978, and Durk was dedicating his IQ to figuring out how to live healthily for a very, very long time.  What's more, Durk could explain how to do so with incredible clarity.

35 years have passed since Durk's first appearance on Merv.  The amount of anti-aging research, the number of years added and quality of life improved for so many millions of people stemming from it is incalculable.  But as Durk and his partner in science Sandy Shaw say, there is so much more to come!

The latest advancements in life extension science are astounding - but how do you learn about them?

To enable TTPers and friends of To The Point learn about where Durk & Sandy's latest research is leading, my wife Rebel and I are co-sponsoring, along with my friend Will Block, publisher of Life Enhancement Magazine, a rare public appearance of Durk & Sandy at a Life Enhancement Symposium in Las Vegas next month.

The length and quality of your life may indeed depend on what you learn at it.