As expected, and thanks to the big 2015-6 El Niño, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that 2016 is the warmest year in their 150-year long global surface temperature record. They didn’t mention that there are signs that global average temperatures are headed back to pre-El Niño values, which may put them … Continue reading The science is in. Global temperatures are falling.
Illegal immigration is at its lowest point since the Great Depression. President Trump has claimed success, but nearly all of the decrease occurred under prior administrations. The president’s campaign rhetoric does appear to have caused a small increase in illegal immigration prior to assuming office. Because immigrants moved up their arrival dates a few months, … Continue reading Illegal Immigration is Way Down, Should We Thank Trump?
Would you like to adopt better habits? The most efficient way of doing so is to first focus on what author Charles Duhigg calls “keystone habits,” which set off “chain reactions that help other good habits take hold.” Here are some morning keystone habits that have worked wonders for me. 1. Get Going Early Waking … Continue reading The 7 things you should have done this morning
To honor the memory of those who have been killed and the Yezidi women and girls still held in captivity, the Free Yezidi Foundation and the American Ezidi Center will hold a candlelight vigil in Washington, DC. Thursday, 3 August, 2017 8:00 pm Pennsylvania Ave NW facing White House North Lawn, in front of Lafayette Square Concerned citizens are … Continue reading Tonight, 8 PM – Candle vigil at White House
As many recognize, homeschooling has been booming in recent years and promises to keep growing. The most recent numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) hail from 2012 and suggest that 1.8 million children are now educated at home. Compared to public school students, studies suggest that homeschoolers perform up to 30 percentile … Continue reading How Much Money Each State Saves Thanks to Homeschooling
Last month, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady announced that now is the time to “go bold” on tax reform. Unfortunately, some of his Republican colleagues are diluting his vision by considering the adoption of unconstitutional, growth-killing provisions. The New Stamp Act Recently, both Brady and Speaker Paul Ryan acknowledged that Republicans are divided … Continue reading Why Are Republicans Pushing for a New Tax on Advertising?
Absolutely amazing. Even tragic. The Republicans railed against the proven failure that is Obamacare for years and voted at least half a dozen times to repeal it. It was the most important issue of the entire 2016 election. Then the GOP gained control – House, Senate, Presidency – and what happened? So far, nothing. There … Continue reading Obamacare repeal failed because Republicans are intellectually bankrupt
If you want to see a bunch of hypocritical leftists squirming with embarrassment, there’s a very clever video showing what happens when a bunch of pro-tax hike millionaires are asked to voluntarily pay more money to the IRS. I’ve even debated some of these rich, pro-tax statists on TV, telling them not to make the … Continue reading Pro-tax liberals humiliated by this request
When discussing government involvement in the health sector, I usually focus on the budgetary implications. Which makes sense since I’m a fiscal wonk and programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare are diverting ever-larger amounts of money from the economy’s productive sector. I also look at the tax side of the fiscal equation and complain … Continue reading Health Costs Are Rising Because of Price Controls
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced July 20 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached agreement with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the United States to begin exporting rice to China for the first time ever. “This is another great day for U.S. agriculture and, in particular, for our … Continue reading US, China Sign Historic Agreement to Provide Market Access for US Rice Exports
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