No, Queen Elizabeth doesn’t count. To mark International Women’s Day, the Bank of Canada and the federal government announced that it will put a brand new woman on its currency by the year 2018. Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that Canadian women have been “unrepresented” on Canadian banknotes. “In 2018, we will bring real […]
Archives for March 2016
Where’s Walter Block? Donald Trump adviser says welfare opponents hate the poor
It was discovered by the Daily Caller this week that Republican Party frontrunner Donald Trump is being politically advised by Barry Bennett. Just who is this Bennett that we speak of? He was hired by a telephone company to promote Obamaphones and paint the program as something to help veterans. The ads engulfed the airwaves […]
LOL: Donald Trump slams ‘politically correct, perfect’ reporter
After his victories in Michigan, Hawaii and Mississippi on Tuesday night, Donald Trump held a press conference. He was asked about the attack ads made against him by the GOP establishment – 70 percent of the political ads in the last week have been directed towards Trump – which highlight is foul language. When he […]
It’s International Women’s Day! The gender pay gap myth continues
If you have avoided social media, television news or the radio then you may not be aware that today is International Women’s Day. It’s the day when the often purported myth of gender pay inequity is repeated over and over again. Although this whole 77-cent myth has been dispelled by many economists and pundits over […]
Bernie Sanders vs. Ron Paul: There’s No Comparison
By: Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Super Tuesday may have been the beginning of the end for the Bernie Sanders campaign, but the ideas that propelled it are likely to linger for quite some time. With some writers comparing Bernie to Ron Paul (not in terms of economics and philosophy, of course, but as insurgent candidates), […]