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  • Hollywood Baffled About 20 Percent Decline in Moviegoing Since 2019

    Hollywood Baffled About 20 Percent Decline in Moviegoing Since 20197

    The Hollywood Reporter recently published an article warning of an “existential crisis” in Tinseltown, as domestic box office sales remain more than 20 percent down compared with 2019, the last year before the great COVID-19 panic decimated moviegoing. The report read: One out of every five moviegoers has vanished since the pandemic, according to research

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  • 7 Ridiculous Examples of Government Waste in 2023

    7 Ridiculous Examples of Government Waste in 20233

    Almost nobody doubts that the federal government wastes a lot of money. Every day we hear stories of fraud, mismanagement, and misplaced priorities that cost taxpayers millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars. But just how much money is wasted? In his annual Festivus report—named after the fictional Seinfeld holiday—Senator Rand Paul tallies up some of the most

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  • Henry Ford’s Pro-Family Initiative That Rocked the World

    Henry Ford’s Pro-Family Initiative That Rocked the World2

    One hundred and ten years ago this week, a Motor City magnate put his money where his mouth was. On 5 January 1914, Ford Motor Company doubled the wages of employees to $5.00 per day, incentivising assembly-line work. It was Henry Ford’s idea. The Detroit Journal’s headline “Henry Ford Gives Ten Million in 1914 Profits to His

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  • Imagined Virtue: What News Can Make Us Miss

    Imagined Virtue: What News Can Make Us Miss4

    Clicking on my car radio, I hear two voices discussing—vehemently—a federal government conflict. Opening my podcast app, I find an entire category dedicated to “News,” or informing listeners of the latest scandals or controversies. And scrolling through YouTube, I find a host of suggestions for dogmatic political commentary. The mere volume of news outlets, encompassing

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  • Science Has a Major Fraud Problem. Here’s Why Government Funding Is the Likely Culprit

    Science Has a Major Fraud Problem. Here’s Why Government Funding Is the Likely Culprit4

    President Biden’s 2024 budget includes over $210 billion directed toward federal research and development, an approximately $9 billion increase from 2023 funding. That might not sound particularly bad—after all, who doesn’t like science and innovation? But, although seemingly noble, the billions pumped into the US government’s National Science Foundation don’t always translate into finding cures for

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  • Epstein and Entertainment: What Happens When Your Favorite Actor Is on the List?

    Epstein and Entertainment: What Happens When Your Favorite Actor Is on the List?1

    Fewer legal proceedings have been as scrutinized, memed, and heatedly discussed as those involving the late, infamously well-connected human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his girlfriend and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. From social media infographics declaring, “Epstein didn’t kill himself,” to demands to have Epstein’s client list unveiled so its members can be prosecuted to far-fetched conspiracy

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