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Archives for December 2015

What Lies Ahead for Markets is Not Clear

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In the December issue of Intelligence Report, Dick Young writes: The rigged (check with the Fed) financial markets are increasingly imperiled by the domination of high-frequency trading and highly leveraged derivatives. Serious investors look on from the outside and make up but a small, insignificant component of daily trading. In other words, you and I […]

The Government Wants Your Cash, All of It!

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The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell sounds the cash warning. Politicians, he writes; hate tax havens since the option of a fiscal refuge makes confiscatory taxation impractical. They hate the underground economy because that means hard-to-tax economic activity. And they hate cash because it gives consumers an anonymous payment mechanism. Dr. Mitchell explores “the animosity to […]

Merry Christmas from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion

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In order to “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise,” the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee issued a “best practices” directive for the campus. Least you think the University of Tennessee is an anomaly, read here from the WSJ’s Notable & Quotable the guidelines Cornell issued […]

Texas Set to Join Open Carry States

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On January 1, Texas will join 30 other states in allowing the open carrying of firearms without a permit. FoxNews.com reports: Come Jan. 1, licensed firearms owners in Texas will be able to openly carry a handgun in most places. A law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year will make Texas the most […]

Habitually Lying

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In order to have authentic democracy, NRO’s Kevin D. Williamson writes, we need to insist that our politicians be truthful about the events and personalities of the real world—that they tell the truth about the people who are running for president. From cattle futures to bimbo eruptions to Internet authors inspiring terror attacks in Benghazi, […]

Law Abiding Firearms Owners Enhance Safety

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In the conclusion to his powerful analysis, The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control, David Kopel of the Cato Institute writes: Firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens enhance public safety. Firearms in the wrong hands endanger everyone. Responsible firearms policies focus on thwarting dangerous people and do not attempt to infringe the constitutional rights […]

Welcome to the Home of Ford Motor Co.

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Originally posted July 6, 2015. Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, has a population of about 98,000, of which 29% speak Arabic. As of 2014, the city council president was Muslim and the majority of the council members were Arab. The Islamic Center of America Mosque, Dearborn, Michigan, is pictured above. It is the largest […]