The Donald’s Text Aversion Probably Won’t Change in Office To be a capable president, one could certainly argue that knowledge is a prerequisite. Most people expect their president to be able to digest information critical to national affairs. To many, this means having a president who reads. When it comes to Donald Trump, however, that…
By Robert Donachie More than half a billion people earn the same, or less amount of income than their peers a decade ago. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that “between 540 million and 580 million people in 2014 had lower or stagnant incomes than similarly situated people in 2005.” This finding diverges from the long-standing belief…
By Steve Birr Washington, D.C., is issuing over half a million speed camera tickets a year, but a restaurant owner is turning the bureaucratic nightmare into discounts and free meals for frustrated drivers. Michael Sterling, owner of the restaurant Caribbean Citations in southeast D.C., offers diners with a speed camera ticket a price discount on…
By JP Carroll Cuban Economy Minister Marino Murillo got canned Wednesday for his inability to keep the anemic, communist country’s economy intact. Murillo was fired after the economy did not render the growth that President Raul Castro, brother of former President Fidel Castro, expected. In recent years, the Cuban economy had begun to embrace some privatization…
By Steve Birr A Washington, D.C., street musician successfully won a lawsuit against the D.C. Metro Monday, and the court is holding Metro responsible for paying the man’s $50,000 legal fees. Alex Young, a street musician playing an acoustic guitar, sued the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in 2014 after he claimed Metro Transit…
By Andrew Follett Britain’s new government is about to get rid of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the country’s global warming bureaucracy, according to a report published Thursday in The Financial Times. Officials told the Times that some DECC functions will be outright abolished while others will be handed back to the country’s business…
By Lina Bryce Former Presidential GOP Candidate, Senator Rand Paul, Confirmed Tuesday that he will not be attending the RNC Convention, citing his Senate reelection campaign as reasons for skipping the event. Paul assures that it has nothing to do with Donald Trump, but he certainly is not the only one who has other plans that day….
By Joseph Hammond “No, don’t pull on that line!” yelled Rex Moore, as he watched the crew of a natural gas drilling rig struggle to work on a frigid and rainy day in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Despite Moore’s 40 years of gas industry experience and the crew’s efforts, the well proved dry. That’s not because they…
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Liberal Economics Hike Cost for Cup of Joe Prepare to dig a little deeper in your wallet for you morning caffeine fix. Per The Fiscal Times, Americans should expect to start seeing the price of their coffee start climbing upwards. “Starting this week, [Starbucks] prices on some drinks are going up by as much as…