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Would a Marriage Proposal Ruin Your Graduation Day?0
- Culture
- July 29, 2019
When Edgaras Averbuchas successfully proposed to Agne Banuskeviciute at her graduation ceremony, both were delighted. The romantic moment at Essex University, where Ms. Banuskeviciute received her Master’s degree in English, was filmed and posted on the university’s website to celebrate their engagement. Then something weird happened. A couple of feminists called down fire and brimstone on Edgaras for “hijacking”
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$15 Minimum Wage Constricts Hours Worked, as Bernie Sanders Shows 0
- Economics
- July 29, 2019
Seventy-two percent of economists oppose a high $15 minimum wage, because it would wipe out too many jobs and result in employers restricting employees’ work hours too much. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who supports a $15 minimum wage, recently announced he would cut his staffers’ hours in order to afford paying them a $15 minimum wage. Increasing the minimum
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Children Deserve Better Than ‘Baby Shark’1
- Culture
- July 29, 2019
Earlier this month, news broke that officials in Florida were blasting the children’s song “Baby Shark” on a loop to discourage homeless people from sleeping in a local park. In other words, that song is considered to be unbearable. It will drive anyone away. American parents – or probably just any American, parent or not
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Highly Productive People: Which Political Systems Nurture Them, Which Crush Them?0
- Culture
- July 26, 2019
I have a background in financial services. Over the years, I’ve seen many patterns of productivity. A large percentage of financial advisors produce within the $100,000 to $250,000 range. A much smaller percentage exceeds the norm, producing $1,000,000+ of fees and commissions. These select few with production over $1,000,000 are in demand because they are
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What Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor Taught About Forgiveness 1
- Culture
- July 26, 2019
Eva Kor passed on July 4, 2019. Having survived the Nazis, Kor then worked to liberate the human heart. She founded the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. Kor was born in Romania in 1934. In 1944, the Nazis transported her and her family to Auschwitz. Immediately upon disembarking, her father
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A Modest Proposal for Reducing Pornography AND Saving the World From Climate Change 0
- Culture
- July 26, 2019
You might think that watching cute kittie videos on YouTube is as harmless as it gets. You’d be wrong. Online video is destroying the Amazon jungle, melting glaciers in Greenland and kindling wildfires in California. There’s no video without electricity. And no electricity without carbon emissions. Stored in data centres, videos are transferred to our
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Would a Marriage Proposal Ruin Your Graduation Day?0