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The IMF’s Monumental Malpractice
ATHENS, GREECE – MAY 31, 2011: Protestors at a demonstration in Athens, Greece. The Greek government is trying to implement a further round of severe austerity measures after EU finance official...
Energy Renewables: Too Much Hot Air
ADRIAN TX – APRIL 2, 2019: Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms, with Texas producing the most wind power of any U.S. state. Interstate 40, Adrian, Texas. (Photo by Paul Harris/Getty ...
Gorbachev And The Tragedy Of Russia
The death of Mikhail Gorbachev poignantly reminds us of the path Russia didn’t take after the fall of Soviet communism. Gorbachev’s vision was the utter antithesis of Vladimir Putin’s. The Soviet Unio...
Measuring The Abundance Of An Infinitely Bountiful Planet
As the guest article below by economist Gale Pooley makes clear, a happy, badly needed revolution is coming to the dismal world of economics: We are actually progressing more—and faster—than we realiz...
A Very Noteworthy Healthcare Collaboration
At a time when we seem to be treated to an endless barrage of negative news, some powerfully positive things are happening that bode well for our future, particularly in the area of healthcare. While ...
Baseball Shouldn’t Be Snoreball
The national anthem is preformed during the start of the 92nd MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Dodger Stadium on July 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/Getty Ima...
The Infamous 1938 Munich Agreement That Led To WWII Has Lessons For Today’s Pusillanimous Leaders
The Bell of Treason—by P.E. Caquet (Other Press, $27.99). This book should—but won’t—be read by Joe Biden’s national security team, not to mention the pusillanimous leaders of Germany and France. Its ...
Coming Summer Outages Were Avoidable
Utilities are warning of potentially serious power outages this summer in many parts of the country. This crisis isn’t the result of an unforeseeable surge in electricity use; it’s because of misbegot...
U.S.’ Unique Energy Advantage
When it comes to producing a sustainable and plentiful supply of energy, the U.S. has a huge and utterly underappreciated advantage over other nations. Here, individuals and companies are allowed to o...
Unnecessary Pain From Powell
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has let the cat out of the bag: Our central bank believes that the best way to fight inflation is by deliberately slowing the economy, hence, the raising of interes...
Angry Parents = Better Schools
Learning together at home: Pandemic lockdowns exposed the shortcomings in children’s public-school curricula and educations. getty Good news! Parents are rising up to rescue our schools. The pan...
Crypto’s Coming Shock
Digital cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethernum, Dash, Monero and Litecoin on display in Paris, France in 2018. (Photo Illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images) Getty Images The crypto world heaved a ...
Will Cryptocurrencies Shatter The Monopoly Governments Have On The Creation Of Money?
If you want to see the future of cryptocurrencies, look at Turkey. Its currency, the lira, is plunging in value, down 40% against the dollar since September. The official inflation rate—which the Turk...
The Scandal Of Alzheimer’s
Why is there no cure for Alzheimer’s—or why aren’t there medications that can at least substantially slow or meaningfully ameliorate the disease? It afflicts more than 6 million Americans, with that n...