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There are some things that are really getting “non-essential” Americans through what amounts to indefinite house arrest without charge or trial for the greater good. Amazon. American ingenuity. Curbside pickup. Day drinking. Zoom and Google Hangouts. Memes. And maybe most importantly… The Tiger King, Joe Exotic. “The Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” Netflix documentary…
It’s been inevitable for nearly a month now, but on Wednesday it became official: Bernie Sanders dropped out. This now means the 2020 presidential race will come down to two old, white men with a strong support for the drug war, anti-immigrant sentiment, warmongering tendencies, and rape allegations. Not surprisingly, this result has seen Sanders’…
The current crisis has created a major problem for a sizable portion of the population: the due diligence and effort of maintaining cleanliness. Humans are adapting, and with that has come not only the larger social changes, but personal lifestyle alterations. Chiefly standing out among these is a heightened awareness of commonly touched surfaces, frequented…
The Great Depression… The Great Recession… But what are we in today? This government-caused economic downturn is unlike anything we have ever experienced. Never have we seen anything of this magnitude. So, what should this recent catastrophe be called? Gene Epstein has coined the term ‘The Great Suppression’. How government has suppressed business The economy…
During a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, certain things suddenly come into sharp focus. In this case, we are overwhelmed with examples of how regulatory barriers, restrictions, and blockages have hindered the ability of society to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. In his preface to the 1982 edition of his classic Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman…
Our once relatively quiet world has become deafening with all kinds of inanity the past few years, and especially in recent times. One of the oft overlooked problems of major concern is that of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Although many of the symptoms began before the man even took office, in the wake of his inauguration…
While there are questions about the original source of Covid-19, it has been widely assumed that it was spread to the public from a Chinese wet market. Although many have been quick to speak out against these markets in and of themselves, the reality is a bit less cut and dried as “keep or cancel”….
We’ve been at war for nearly two decades stemming from 9/11; an event that costed the lives of 2,977 people. According to the Insurance Information Institute, the economic loss was $83 billion, with an additional $40 billion in insurance loss, totaling $123 billion. At the time of this writing, the Coronavirus deaths in the United…
Initial claims for unemployment insurance soared to 6.65 million for the week ending March 28, exceeding last week’s shocking 3.3 million, and dwarfing the previous high of 695,000 in October 1982. During the Great Recession in 2008-09, total job losses were 8.8 million over 25 months versus a total of 9.96 million initial claims…
Even amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, China’s efforts at political warfare remain in full swing. China assiduously tries to shape the world’s view of COVID-19, and China’s role in it, by denying any responsibility for the rise and spread of the new coronavirus as well as attempting to shift the blame toward the United States….