A ban on home foreclosures for a year? This is what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing as millions of Americans have been left without an income due to government restrictions and lockdowns for more than a year. It is estimated that approximately three million homeowners are behind on their mortgages, and roughly […]
FDR banned gold 88 years ago — Will Joe Biden issue a bitcoin ban?
By: Tho Bishop Today is the eighty-eighth anniversary of Executive Order 6102, signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States.” The order was one of the several disastrous responses to the Great Depression that succeeded in escalating the financial crisis. Later in the year, the […]
FACEPALM: MLB moves ASG to less racially diverse Colorado that has voter ID laws
Well, Major League Baseball is having a real face-palm moment. Last week, the league announced that it would be ditching Georgia over the state’s new voting laws that expand voting and require identification. So, the question had been: Where will MLB relocate the ASG? The question has been answered. ESPN is reporting that Coors Field […]
Goodbye toilet paper shortage, hello higher toiler paper prices
A year ago, the Western world was facing a toilet paper crisis. A year later, the global economy could face toilet paper inflation. Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Scott toilet paper, announced that it would be raising prices for various consumer products in North America, from toilet paper to paper towels to cereal to diapers. As […]
How do you end the border crisis? Stop subsidizing illegal immigration
By: Andrew Moran Illegal border crossings spiked 173% in February from the same time a year ago. Even the most conservative estimates – factoring in recidivism, omitting field office encounters, and concentrating on Border Patrol data – confirm what Republicans are handwringing about: There is a crisis at the southern U.S. border. Should the blame […]