Not even the Germans want U.S. troops in their country. So why does President Donald Trump still bother? According to a new YouGov poll, 42 percent of respondents said they supported American withdrawal of troops in Germany, compared to 37 percent who wanted them to stay. A significant 21 percent were undecided. The results of […]
Archives for July 2018
U.S. inflation touches six-year high of 2.9% in June
For the crowd that thinks inflation has not happened since the end of the Great Recession… According to the Department of Labor, consumer prices climbed in June at the fastest pace since the beginning of 2012, buoyed by auto insurance, higher rent, and soaring gasoline prices. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.1 percent, but […]
WATCH: ‘Alternative Math’ represents the state of the world
A short film titled “Alternative Math” is making the rounds, and it is quite funny, especially at the end. Although it is an indictment on the poor state of education, it is also representative of the state of the world right now. Facts are a form of Nazism, moms and dads are helicopter parents, the […]
HIGH WAGES: What words triggered the Great Depression?
By: Hunter Lewis Can the entire story of the worst economic disaster in American history really be told from just eight words in a political party’s platform? In this case, yes. Here are the fateful words that introduced the second section of the Republican Party’s 1932 platform, right after a waffling plank on prohibition: “We […]
SOCIALISM: Venezuela inflation rate tops 46,000% in June
What do you get when you mix price controls, production quotas, and a totalitarian regime? Venezuela and socialism. But that’s not real socialism. The oil-rich Latin American nation is suffering from the worst case of hyperinflation since Zimbabwe of a decade ago. It’s so bad that Venezuela’s annual inflation rate topped 46,000 percent. If you […]