#10: Over 1 Billion Saved Almost one billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in recent decades, thanks to capitalism. Between the years 1990 and 2010, the extreme poor have had their numbers fall by half as a share of total population in developing countries, that’s almost 1 billion people by 2010, and…
Scenes like this make one wonder what on earth business we think we we might have attempting to sort out these kinds of pointless, murderous sectarian struggles. As Theodon posited: “What can men do against such reckless hate?” From the video: Dramatic video footage has surfaced of the moment a Shia Mosque in Peshawar came under…
by: Charles Barr An effort to “create 10 times as many jobs as the Keystone XL Pipeline over the next decade,” Kentucky’s most notable politicians in Washington DC – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, and Congressman Thomas Massie – joined together in an effort to legalize hemp across the nation. Originally a…
NBA Analyst Greg Anthony is back in court again to enter a plea deal. On January 16th, Anthony solicited a prostitute through the website Backpage. She turned out to be part of a police sting and now he will be completing community service and paying fines. His reputation as a sports announcer is tarnished forever…
by Josh Guckert 10. Ronald Reagan Reagan is the only post-1929 President to be listed, and one of only two on this list who served in the 20th century. Reagan was quoted as saying that “the heart and soul” of conservatism is libertarianism. Additionally, he is much less hawkish than some modern conservatives wish to remember….
The number of Americans injuring themselves with electronic toys and requiring emergency care have nearly doubled since 2007 according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The data reveals a spike in these incidents between 2012-2013, around the time of the much talked about release of erotic novel series Fifty Shades of Grey, as noted by author of The Washington Post’s…
Election This movie draws an uncomfortable parallel between high school and federal elections. In one scene in particular, Tammy decries how everyone lauds the high school election as a major event, but it seemingly changes nothing at all, while the results make no difference on the lives of anyone except for the winner.
It is that time of year [Cue the birds and Rossini’s classical overture] For many, Valentine’s Day is a dreadful day, serving only to remind the ‘forever alone’ crowd that they are – most certainly – ‘forever alone’. It is also a day, for those of us who aren’t alone, find it a day reduced to commercialized, marketing overload…
Ol Joe Biden. Where would we be without him? In a speech in Iowa, uncle Joe gives a shout out to his “butt buddy.” “Neal Smith,” Biden said, “an old butt buddy. Are you here, Neal? Neal, I miss you man. I miss you.”
#1. Is greed a good thing? Famed economist Milton Friedman makes an amazing argument about the concept of capitalism, greed and society. “Of course none of us are greedy, it’s only the other guy that’s greedy.”