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    • Another Lesson in Economics

      Another Lesson in Economics0

      • August 19, 2015

      Have you seen this one? If you’re not familiar with what’s happening, the government of Venezuela embarked on a socialist experiment and it’s not going well. Promising prosperity for all, Venezuela’s government under Hugo Chavez took over many private industries, established price controls, and hoped to fund everything through state-owned oil exports. With the crash

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    • For Money could not Keep

      For Money could not Keep0

      • August 19, 2015

      While sometimes it seems clichéd to bring up the German Weimar Republic of the 1920s, it’s still a good lesson on what happens to a people and a nation under hyper-inflation. Too often individuals will try to draw direct parallels to the Weimar Republic and the United States. Are there reasons to be very concerned

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    • Why Families are Abandoning Public Schools

      Why Families are Abandoning Public Schools0

      • August 19, 2015

      Unsocialized religious freaks living in the sticks. That’s how many critics view homeschoolers. But according to TIME magazine, it’s an uninformed caricature of an increasingly popular form of education. “Today, as many as 2 million—or 2.5 percent—of the nation’s 77 million school-age children are educated at home, and increasing numbers of them live in cities.

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    • Thank you, PolitiFact!

      Thank you, PolitiFact!0

      • August 19, 2015

      If you’re familiar with the federal government’s budgeting process and you follow social media, your head has probably exploded at least a dozen times when you see misleading information circulated as truth. Of course, countering it every time is exhausting. Who wants to take the time to go dig up the budget, make the images,

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    • A Letter from World War I

      A Letter from World War I0

      • August 18, 2015

      My great grandfather, Harold Schuler, served in the U.S. Army on the European war theater from December 1917 to May 1919. I’m not sure how much action he saw, but his notebook entry and letter below provides a small glimpse into what soldiers experienced during the “Great War.” Here is his notebook entry from August

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    • Do they really need all those gadgets?

      Do they really need all those gadgets?0

      • August 18, 2015

      The video above, with English kids talking about how their parents use their electronic devices, is either hilarious or terrifying, depending on your point of view. Based on these conversations, market researchers for Start-rite, a British company which sells stylish shoes for children, reached some startling conclusions about how youngsters used their mobile phones, tablets

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