A few years ago, The New Yorker published an article (“Taken”) detailing civil asset forfeiture abuses in America. Sarah Stillman, a staff writer at the magazine and a visiting scholar at NYU, chronicled several examples of citizens stripped of cash, cars, and even homes even though they had not been charged with a crime. The
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Julie Borowski is a libertarian who has made a bit of a name for herself by posting quirky videos on some serious subjects. In the video below, she explains how she went from being a proponent of capital punishment to an opponent. Readers can watch the clip for themselves and determine if her facts are
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), a leading presidential candidate, was asked to comment on several populist governments in South America believed to be in “serious trouble” economically. The question was put forward by Univision reporter León Krauze. “The socialist model in Venezuela has the country near collapse,” Krauze said. “Argentina, also Brazil. How do you
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A study in the Royal Economic Society’s Economic Journal recently confirmed something we’ve long suspected: books in the home make a huge difference for children as they grow older. According to The Guardian, researchers looked at earnings and years of education when studying several thousand men in various European countries in the early to mid-1900s.
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It’s frequently said that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. One can even find this statement in official documents of various Christian churches and denominations. For instance, in the Second Vatican Council document Nostra Aetate, the Roman Catholic Church writes: “The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living
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President Obama’s speech at Hiroshima on May 27 has predictably sparked much controversy. Without parsing it all, I suggest that the key message so many dislike is this: “Hiroshima teaches this truth: Technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom
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