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What CNN Gets Wrong in Its Coverage of Seattle’s New Minimum Wage Law 0
- November 8, 2018
Economic theory has a few things to say about what will happen to the quantity demanded of something if you raise its price. But activists—and a few economists—have argued that, for various reasons, when the quantity you’re talking about is the quantity of labor, it isn’t as simple as that. In this context, the experience
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The Armistice Day Prediction That Came True 0
- History
- November 8, 2018
As we approach the centenary of Armistice Day, 1918, let’s spend a few minutes with a British writer who supported his country’s war against Germany and worried about the peace that resulted from it. That writer would be G. K. Chesterton, who died in 1936, just before World War II, or the war that he
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This County Discovered It’s Possible to Operate Debt-Free… and Its Citizens Are Reaping the Benefits 0
- Economics
- November 8, 2018
The other day, I wrote about the disadvantages of state and local governments issuing general obligation debt. Those governments currently have more than $3 trillion in overall debt outstanding. Government borrowing enriches financial firms, encourages corruption, and magnifies the ultimate tax burden that citizens will bear for the related spending. It is prudent and practical for states
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How to Avoid One of the Most Common Parenting Mistakes 0
- Culture
- November 8, 2018
“Parents should not make empty threats to their kids.” You would be hard pressed to find anyone who will disagree with that statement. Parenting philosophies across the spectrum agree that empty threats are a bad idea. Given that consensus, it’s astonishing how often parents resort to empty threats. In fact, they are probably the most
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Trump Just Guaranteed Pelosi Will be the Next Speaker 0
- Politics
- November 8, 2018
Wednesday morning, basking in the shade of the red wall he helped build to hold back the vaunted “blue wave,” President Trump tweeted: — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018 Virtually everyone, including the president’s former press secretary, Sean Spicer, thought Trump was being sarcastic. Spicer himself, appearing on Fox News that same day,
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New York Lawmakers Want to Screen Gun Buyers’ Social Media History for Hate Speech 0
- Politics
- November 7, 2018
A pair of New York legislators is drafting a bill that would make social media history checks part of the process of purchasing a gun. Under the legislation, gun purchasers would have up to three years of their social media history potentially scrutinized by authorities, New York outlet WCBS NewsRadio reports. The internet search history of prospective gun
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