The most famous Ben Shapiroism is this: facts don’t care about your feelings. PragerU is out with a new video, which features Ben Shapiro discussing the state of college campuses across the United States. He does a great job summarizing what is going on today at universities: facts are irrelevant and only feelings matter. Logic, […]
Archives for May 2017
6 random things for Friday (Snapchat craters, Friedman on spending, free speech suppression)
News Story of the Day: Snap Inc is gradually rebounding on the final trading session of the week, but it cratered more than 20 percent on Thursday. In its first earnings report, Snapchat posted a $2.2 billion loss, immediately disappointing investors, particularly rookie shareholders. The stock is trading at just over $18, which means all […]
Biggest Tax Cut in U.S. History? 3 Ways Trump’s Tax “Cuts” Will Raise Taxes
By: Ryan McMaken Tax cuts are great when they are actually tax cuts. In a system with a central bank, though, tax cuts are never tax cuts if there are no spending cuts to accompany them. This is because tax cuts without spending cuts simply mean more deficit spending. Unfortunately, it is clear that under […]
An argument for pacificism, non-interventionism (video)
During the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, the mainstream media relentlessly attacked Ron Paul because he wanted to adopt a non-interventionist foreign policy. The media continually claimed that Paul was an isolationist and would put millions of Americans’ lives in jeopardy – the media are still championing war to this date. But is war always […]
Shock: U.S. government runs second-highest monthly surplus in April
You know President Donald Trump will claim for credit this. According to a new report from the United States Treasury Department, the federal government ran its second-highest monthly surplus in history last month. Washington had an April surplus of $182.4 billion, the second biggest on record – the largest surplus was in April 2001 with […]