Blog 3 Columns

Don’t Feel Bad About Using the Self Checkout 0
- Culture
- July 22, 2019
Have you’ve seen a meme exhorting you not to use self-checkout because it impoverishes workers who are replaced by unfeeling scanners? There is no harm in making that choice. But if we remember our lessons from Frederic Bastiat, we can see why the rationale behind the campaign is absurd. Why should we stop with the
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After AOC’s Toilet Hysteria, Real Abuse at the Border Is Ignored 0
- Culture
- July 22, 2019
The immigration problem today demands a serious debate about how to remedy the situation for the good of the country and its citizens. What we get instead are misleading images and scandalous, politically-motivated allegations. Not surprisingly, the problems continue to worsen. The rhetoric boiled over recently when Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) visited a border detention
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Who Wants to ‘See Them Aliens’?0
- Culture
- July 19, 2019
Over 1.3 million people have RSVP’d as “Going” on Facebook to an event titled “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us.” An additional one million people are “interested.” The event details note that anyone who plans to participate and “see them aliens” should meet at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction, a
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When Government Fails, Communities Take Care of Themselves 0
- History
- July 19, 2019
People often assume that government welfare programs provide the resources and safety net that local communities cannot. But in the early- and mid-20th century, systemic racism often meant that African American communities were excluded from government welfare programs. In the face of this injustice, we see numerous examples of communities stepping up to take care
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Support for $15 Minimum Wage Plummets When Americans Are Told Its Economic Impact 0
- Economics
- July 19, 2019
Minimum wage laws, I’ve noted, are popular with the public. This no doubt explains why House Democrats passed a bill Thursday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Yet the minimum wage’s apparent popularity might be political pyrite (fool’s gold). A newly published Business Insider survey found that support for the minimum wage wilts when Americans—both Republicans
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Living the Dream: One Way to Financial Happiness 1
- Culture
- July 19, 2019
Practice frugality. Work hard. Save and invest your money. For Americans, these practices were the stepping-stones to a better life for the last three centuries But are they still applicable? Can they lead to financial security and even wealth? The recent death of my mother-in-law Dorothy brought those questions to mind. Dorothy and her husband
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Brexit: Where Are We?0
- International
- July 19, 2019
The Future of Brexit By 2014, the UKIP was starting to compete with the Conservative Party’s voting base. To deal with this, David Cameron, the Prime Minister at that time, decided to hold a referendum on June 23rd, 2016. By doing this, Cameron hoped to demonstrate that the notion of Brexit was unpopular, hence destroying
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Are Transwomen Transforming the World of Sports?0
- Culture
- July 19, 2019
Last week New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard won gold medals at Apia’s Faleata Sports Complex. She is now the Oceania senior champion, the Commonwealth senior champion, and the Pacific Games senior champion. She is looking forward to a spot in her nation’s 2020 Olympic team. The 41-year-old lifted a total of 268 kg in the women’s
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What the 15-Hour Work Week Prophets Failed to Account for 0
- Culture
- July 18, 2019
There is a utopian vision shared by hard workers everywhere: One day we will look back on all our accomplishments and say “at last, the age of respite and luxury has finally arrived!” But as the forecasted luxury manifests all around us, the respite is nowhere in sight. John Maynard Keynes, one of history’s most
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Don’t Feel Bad About Using the Self Checkout 0