If you thought the social justice madness was bad in the United States, then you haven’t been paying attention to Canada. You can be fined or imprisoned for using the wrong gender pronoun. Your children can be taken away if you don’t accommodate their gender transition. You have a prime minister that is a self-declared […]
Archives for December 2017
NET NEUTRALITY: Government Can’t Know the ‘Correct’ Price for Internet Service
By: Nicholas Freiling The motives of net neutrality advocates differ. But the common thread among them is a general belief that internet service providers (ISPs) face no serious competition, and therefore overcharge both their supply-side (i.e., Netflix) and demand-side (internet users) customers and generally treat customers poorly. In other words, ISPs have “natural monopolies” that allow […]
Will half of U.S. colleges be bankrupt in 10 to 15 years?
Is the conventional, brick-and-mortar college experience coming to an end? It could be as many post-secondary institutions are facing the reality of bankruptcy…and the free market. According to CNBC, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen is projecting that half of the more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States will be bankrupt within […]
Venezuela to launch commodity-backed digital currency
After obliterating the bolivar, the Venezuelan government is now considering adopting a digital currency that it can destroy. Reuters is reporting that President Nicolas Maduro announced on Sunday that the government will establish the “Petro,” a Venezuelan digital currency that will be backed by oil reserves, gas, gold, and diamond reserves. Speaking on a five-hour […]
FAKE NEWS: ABC News reports false story, suspends Brian Ross, Trump wants lawsuits
What a strange 72 hours it has been for ABC News as the network engaged in some good old-fashioned fake news. On Friday, ABC News reported that former national security advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI investigators and will fully cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. This is the biggest […]