In just a couple of weeks, 50 boys with learning disabilities will take to a stage in Vermont, one after the other, to recite the Gettysburg Address from memory. It’s a daring experiment undertaken each February at the Greenwood School and its population of boys who’ve struggled in public schools. Diagnosed with ADD, dyslexia, and…
If you weren’t planning on seeing Ford v. Ferrari, which came out on November 15, I’d recommend changing your mind. Based on the real-life story of the Ford-Ferrari feud of the 1960s, as told in the non-fiction book Go Like Hell, it manages to capture the spectacle and thrill of a 24-hour endurance race as…
This series of articles explores options to break the monopoly control of our government by the two major political parties. The first article describes the monopoly. The second discusses tactics used to maintain the monopoly. The third article suggests using a civil rights law to secure reasonably permanent ballot access and compensation for injury. This…
You gotta love Aldi. I do. Any supermarket that can out-compete Walmart on price by 18 percent (see chart above) has to be doing something right. Very right. Talk about consumer value, consumer sovereignty and consumer surplus! Listen to what Walmart CEO of US Operations Greg Foran says about Aldi: I never underestimate them. I’ve…
by Ian Tartt Despite constant political activism from liberty-minded people since the ratification of the Constitution, we still have to deal with unending wars, millions of nonviolent people in prison, ever-increasing debt, money that’s almost worthless, government involvement in nearly every area of our lives, no privacy from federal agencies, a chunk of each…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Schools are getting rid of their “valedictorian” titles over concerns that they create harmful competition, influence course selection and propagate misconceptions of large disparities in GPA because of differences in class rank. Nearly half of American high schools do not display class rank, according to the National Association…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Mylan’s notoriously rising prices for its EpiPen product as of late has angered economic illiterates who assume this is a result of evil capitalism. But now, CVS Pharmacy is proving said critics wrong by utilizing capitalism itself to provide competition to the EpiPen that does the…
By Micah J. Fleck In response to the outrageous rise in price for EpiPen, the star product of parent company Mylan, consumers are not happy. They are leaving the company’s patronage in droves and instead turning to alternatives such as Adrenaclick. The main reason why these alternatives are not big sellers is because they are…
By Eric Lieberman Ride-hailing services in China are now legal after several of the country’s regulators approved a new legal framework to guide how such companies can operate in the country. Uber and similar ride-sharing companies are banned in several places in America, including the whole state of Nevada. Just like in America, ride-sharing startups like Uber…
Texas nursing home caregivers are starting to migrate en masse away from their long-held positions and toward jobs in the fast food industry. Why? Well, according to Kron4 News: Texas has one of the lowest Medicaid reimbursement rates, which makes it difficult for nursing homes and service providers to offer competitive wages. “You know, you…