For years a certain strain of conservative thought has held that there was one sure hedge against economic depression, civil disorder and liberal rule--gold. Now that belief has led to a kind of harmonic convergence between ideology and commerce. Anyone tuning in to conservative talk radio or Fox News's Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck shows is bombarded by commercials for gold, mainly in the form of collectible coins, with announcers intoning that inflation and deficits caused by big government spending are devaluing the dollar and making gold the best investment money can buy.... Bill Haynes, president of CMI Gold &...
