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  • Is There a Case for Keeping the Lights on in America’s Libraries?

    Is There a Case for Keeping the Lights on in America’s Libraries?0

    “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” – Jorge Luis Borges Like Borges, Americans have long treasured libraries. From Benjamin Franklin, who helped put together one of America’s first lending libraries, to Andrew Carnegie, who funded more than 2,500 libraries, to Laura Bush, whose foundation has provided millions of dollars to

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  • Fact-Checking 5 of Trump’s Claims in Border Speech

    Fact-Checking 5 of Trump’s Claims in Border Speech0

    President Donald Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examined five of the president’s claims in his 10-minute speech from the Oval Office. 1. “All Americans

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  • Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy

    Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy0

    During a speech at Harvard several years ago, Charlie Munger related a story about a surgeon who removed “bushel baskets full of normal gallbladders” from patients. The doctor was eventually removed, but much later than he should have been. Munger, the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, wondered what motivated the doctor, so he asked a surgeon who

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  • Why Single Women Are (Way) More Likely to Own a Home Than Single Men

    Why Single Women Are (Way) More Likely to Own a Home Than Single Men0

    A new report by the online loan marketplace LendingTree has found that single women own far more homes than their male counterparts. The study revealed that in the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, single women are almost twice as likely to be homeowners as single men. Single women in New Orleans, for example, own 27 percent of all

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  • Why One College is Making Cooking Class Mandatory for Chemistry Students

    Why One College is Making Cooking Class Mandatory for Chemistry Students0

    When I was growing up, my mom had my sister and me plan and make meals for the family from time to time. I admit, my sister was much more creative with this exercise. She liked picking things with fancy names, such as “Celery Victor” or the German cookies known as “Pfeffernusse.” I, on the

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  • Three Charts Showing How Childbearing Varies Across the US

    Three Charts Showing How Childbearing Varies Across the US0

    Falling U.S. fertility rates have been making headlines. These reports tend to focus on a single measure: the average number of children that women have, nationally. However, this one number masks large and interesting variation in people’s childbearing behavior. The National Survey of Family Growth – one of the best sources of information on this

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  • Owner of Historic Boston Restaurant Says Minimum Wage Hikes Hastened Its Demise

    Owner of Historic Boston Restaurant Says Minimum Wage Hikes Hastened Its Demise0

    Durgin-Park, a renowned Boston restaurant, has been around for a long time. It opened in 1827, when Massachusetts’ own John Quincy Adams was president of the United States. Phil Klein of the Washington Examiner wrote: “The restaurant, located in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, was an institution and tourist attraction, serving New England staples, such as chowder, shepherd’s

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  • Are We Witnessing the End of the Bitcoin Era?1

    The Bitcoin revolution seemed unstoppable. Despite suffering multiple large corrections over the last years, Bitcoin’s price kept reaching new highs until almost surpassing the $20,000 threshold, something unimaginable when Bitcoin emerged in 2009. I remember watching in 2015 the documentary The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, whose title may now look pretentious, but at the

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  • The Rich Never Actually Paid 70 Percent

    The Rich Never Actually Paid 70 Percent0

    Several Washington commentators kicked off the 116th Congress by rallying behind a newly proposed 70 percent top marginal income tax rate on the wealthiest earners. The 70 percent tax rate figures prominently in the financial equation behind the “Green New Deal” proposal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. While a tax hike of this level is

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