North Korea’s missile tests have been all over the news recently. Whether those tests are actually intended to showcase North Korea’s military ability or just a desperate attempt to gain…
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Last week’s meeting of the G20 made headlines for a number of reasons. Anytime the leaders of the world’s 20 most powerful nations get together you can guarantee that they’re…
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The topic of a universal basic income is back in the news, thanks to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who keeps talking about what a great idea it is. Universal basic…
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Chinese-owned automaker Volvo announced that it plans to phase out internal combustion-only engines by the 2019 model year. From then on, Volvo intends all of its cars to be hybrids…
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China has long been seen as a bogeyman in the United States. Chinese firms have flooded the US market with cheap mass-produced goods for decades. While the quality of those…
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Over one-third of homes in the United States have not recovered their pre-financial crisis values. That’s a pretty damning figure that shows not only how destructive the financial crisis was…
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America Now
Why Health Care, Social Security and Other Big Government Programs Are Resistant to Change
As the debate over health care reform continues in Congress, frustration continues to build up on all side of the debate. Congressional Republican leadership would like to see a quick…
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There is one group of businesses that governments will never ever allow to fail. If grocery stores can’t meet consumer demands, they go out of business, but nobody cries about…
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In 2014, Seattle decided to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, with a full phase-in scheduled by 2021.Two studies published this month purported to shed light on the…
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Alibaba founder Jack Ma stated in a recent interview that 30 years from now people may work a 4-hour work day, and only 4 days per week. While many people…
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The victory of Republican Karen Handelin Georgia’s 6th Congressional District demonstrates that grassroots dissatisfaction with Democrats still has not worn off. The same attitudes that swept Donald Trump into the Presidency…
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President Trump was put into office riding a wave of anti-Establishment sentiment, with voters at the grassroots level seeing him as the candidate to overturn business as usual in Washington.…
