Today, a majority of college degrees – associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and so on – are awarded to women. In 1968, 60 percent of college degrees went to men compared to 40 percent that went to women. In 2016, nearly 60 percent of college degrees went to women compared to nearly 40 percent that went to […]
Archives for March 2017
#Vault7: 5 underreported facts from WikiLeaks dump
If you skim through all of the headlines and news stories pertaining to the Vault7 data dump from WikiLeaks, the primary story seems to be that the CIA can infiltrate your smart televisions. Is that the only thing the government transparency organization reported on? Nope. Since this is something that has been suspected for a […]
Is the solution to Obamacare & Trumpcare actually Schiffcare?
The Affordable Care Act, otherwise colloquially referred to as Obamacare, has been a disaster. As of right now, the Republican Party’s proposed replacement, otherwise colloquially referred to as Trumpcare, is a disaster in the making. Both healthcare policies lack free market components and simply resort to the status quo: government intervention through taxes, subsidies and […]
#InternationalWomensDay: There is no gender wage gap (video)
Despite evidence to the contrary, the myth of the gender wage gap is continually purported by the mainstream media, politicians and celebrities. The concept will definitely be amplified on International Women’s Day, but it is a flawed premise to begin with and can easily be debunked by looking at all of the data, statistics and […]
Wilbur Ross gets it right on proposed robot tax
United States Commerce Treasury Wilbur Ross has finally gotten something right: taxing robots is a bad idea. After making a serious blunder on Mexico and the minimum wage last week, he renewed himself by dismissing calls for a robot tax. Speaking in an interview with CNBC, the Commerce Secretary said that he doesn’t think an […]