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November 2017

November 21, 2017

Environmentalism vs. Children

Some environmentalists have revived the notion that having children is immoral, contributing to global warming...

November 08, 2017

The 100th Anniversary of Communism

Having recognized the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we now need to turn to another...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

China’s Communists Plan to Replace the U.S. as the World’s Superpower

We have our national elections every two years, with our presidential election every four years. ...

October 23, 2017

Republicans Preside Over Near Record Government Spending

Numbers crunched for the end of the fiscal year on September 30 show that the...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

Here Is the Republican Tax Reform Plan

After failing to replace Obamacare, again, Republicans are marshaling their energy to pass tax reform,...

September 18, 2017

All sides are turning against Silicon Valley

The tech geniuses and entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley have been lauded for their creativity and...

September 05, 2017

The myth of Amazon’s dominance

The dominance of Amazon.com is such that even the big brick and mortar retailers are...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

Democrats announce their “better deal”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had his "New Deal." Now Democrats have unveiled their "Better Deal." Senate...

July 24, 2017

The “made in America” pipeline problem

President Trump is pushing "Made in America" as part of his America-First initiative. Having approved new...

July 12, 2017

The success sequence

If you follow this sequence, exactly, in this order, there is only a 3% chance...

July 06, 2017

The Democrats’ dilemma

The Democrats should, theoretically, have a big opportunity running against an unpopular Republican president. But...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

Dissolving Illinois

Due to its long history of corruption, political paralysis, and bad management, the state of...

June 21, 2017

Is Amazon a monopoly that needs to be broken up?

Imagine a store whose clientele is not one city but the entire country, if not the...

June 19, 2017

Amazon will buy Whole Foods

Amazon.com has announced that it is buying the Whole Foods grocery chain for $13.7 billion....

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Should we sell off half the oil reserve?

The federal government has stockpiled a massive amount of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve....

May 24, 2017

Google will now track your brick & mortar purchases

Google will now track credit and debit card transactions at retail stores, in an effort...

May 23, 2017

Trump’s “taxpayer first” budget

President Trump has released his detailed budget proposal for 2018, an ambitious document that will...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

The big tax cut proposals

President Trump is releasing details of his tax cut proposals. He would significantly raise the...

April 17, 2017

Where your taxes go

Tomorrow taxes are due. So it's fitting to contemplate where your tax money goes. To...

April 11, 2017

The middlemen that survived the internet

The internet has damaged travel agents, taxi drivers, retailers, and other industries. But one set...

April 05, 2017

From energy scarcity to energy abundance

Newspapers tend to offer good coverage of their city's main industry. So if you want...

April 03, 2017

National debt will double in 30 years

The Congressional Budget Office released figures that project the national debt to double by 2047....

March 2017

March 10, 2017

The decline of Christian bookstores

The biggest Christian bookstore chain, Family Christian Stores, is going out of business. Then again,...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

In praise of the American farmer

American agriculture has virtually eliminated world hunger. And American farmers preside over an industry that has...

February 15, 2017

Inflation may be coming back

Prices rose in January more than they have for four years. And the effect is...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

A world without property, privacy, freedom, or problems

Danish politician Ida Auken has written a provocative essay entitled Welcome to 2030. I own nothing,...

January 25, 2017

China pushing Communism to replace failing Democracy

China says Western democracy has reached its limits and has started to deteriorate (alluding to...

January 17, 2017

Trump vows trade deal with UK

In an interview with the London Times [subscription required], Donald Trump promised a quick trade...

December 2016

December 16, 2016

$12 coffee and the positional economy

Starbucks is opening some exclusive "Reserve Roasteries and Tasting Rooms," which will offer high-end coffee...

December 16, 2016

Small Oklahoma town thwarts OPEC

Cushing, Oklahoma, is a town of about 7,000 close to where we live. What makes...