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The Rosetta Stone’s Hidden Lesson on Taxes and Special Interests 0
- Economics
- March 19, 2019
Tax season is a good time to remind us that the history of taxes tells the story of whole civilizations. What is taxed, and how much is it taxed, tells us what the rulers valued. What was exempt tells us who had the political pull to be excluded. It is no different today. If you’re
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Three Ways to Stop Hating Taking Your Kids to the Playground 0
- Family
- March 19, 2019
Most parents hate taking their kids to the playground. It’s mind-numbingly boring. It lasts forever. And no matter how long you stay, your kids always cry when it’s time to go home. If you don’t believe me, try Googling a phrase like “playground with my kids.” Most of the results will be along the lines
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Why the Recent Push for the Equal Rights Amendment Isn’t Necessary 0
- Culture
- March 19, 2019
If asked about the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), most people would say it was something that died out in the 1970s. Women were liberated and worked their own way into male-dominated arenas without bothering with the amendment that couldn’t become law. But according to recent reports, interest in resurrecting the ERA is brewing in several
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The Pitfalls of Ethnic Pay Gaps 0
- Economics
- March 19, 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May is obsessed with measuring pay gaps between social groups. She championed the requirement for companies with more than 250 workers to measure the so-called “gender pay gap.” Now she wishes companies to measure the “ethnic pay gap.” Yet these measurements, hailed by champions of intersectional theory, produce deceptive statistics that
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Young People’s Embrace of Socialism Shows Why We Shouldn’t Lower the Voting Age 0
- Politics
- March 19, 2019
The left really wants to give kids the right to vote. This idea is so popular on the left that a majority of House Democrats voted in favor of lowering the voting age to 16. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed the idea as well. Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “I myself have always been for lowering
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Why We Don’t Have Generic Insulin 0
- Economics
- March 18, 2019
“Why is Narcan free to a dope addict but my insulin is $750 a month?” asks an online meme that has since gone viral. “Humalog cost $21 a vial in 1996 and now that same insulin is $375” claims another meme designed to call for price regulations. While these statements do have some truth behind
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