By: Leesa Donner It is often said that there is a fine line between love and hate. Such is the case regarding my torrid love affair with the commenting platform Disqus. This internet giant has been touted as the gold standard for the intersection between a website and its readers. It brought in all our […]
Archives for June 2018
The Cronyist Origins of Social Security
By: Brian Balfour In a story that could only happen in 2018, septuagenarian Bernie Sanders took to twitter to agree with someone called Cardi B – who my teenage daughter tells me is a popular singer – about the importance of strengthening Social Security. Sanders claimed that Social Security enables seniors to “retire with the dignity they […]
WATCH: Border patrol agent puts things into perspective with CNN
There is a lot of fake news, false reporting, and misunderstanding of what is happening at the southern border. Ultimately, the facts get drowned out and the only thing the likes of CNN want to report is: IT’S TRUMP’S FAULT! It’s a bit more complicated than that. The issue of separating children from their parents […]
STUDY: Number of Americans with no emergency savings hits seven-year high
The economy is in its boom period – rising wages and growing employment – but the average American still isn’t saving, and this could spell doom when the next recession hits the U.S. According to an annual Bankrate.com report, the number of consumers who reported to not having any emergency savings slipped to 23 percent, […]
Ron Paul: Why Can’t We Sue the TSA For Assault?
By: Ron Paul When I was in Congress and had to regularly fly between DC and Texas, I was routinely subjected to invasive “pat-downs” (physical assaults) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). One time, exasperated with the constant insults to my privacy and dignity, I asked a TSA agent if he was proud to assault […]