Revolution in Highway Safety Needs a Little Help … Three weeks ago, I was walking home on a dark, snowy night in Concord, Massachusetts. The next thing I knew, I was in a hospital, hooked up to some kind of machine. I could not lift my legs or even my head. The doctors told me I had been unconscious for hours. They explained that I had been hit, full on, by a car whose driver apparently coul...Read More
John McCain Becomes Critic in Chief of the Trump Administration … Senator John McCain has long had a reputation as a political maverick. But with the rise of a president who has vowed to shatter the old order, Mr. McCain has emerged as an outspoken defender of longstanding Republican verities on foreign policy and as one of his party's most biting critics of the new commander in chief. ̵...Read More
President Trump, Keep The Federal Reserve Independent – It’s Too Expensive Not To … There is talk about that Donald Trump and his administration will try to bring the Federal Reserve to heel with some appointments to the board of that body. … But there’s a definite limit to how far this should go for, as not enough people know, the point of the Fed is to curb the ent...Read More
John McCain Becomes Critic in Chief of the Trump Administration … Senator John McCain has long had a reputation as a political maverick. But with the rise of a president who has vowed to shatter the old order, Mr. McCain has emerged as an outspoken defender of longstanding Republican verities on foreign policy and as one of his party's most biting critics of the new commander in chief. ̵...Read More
President Trump, Keep The Federal Reserve Independent – It’s Too Expensive Not To … There is talk about that Donald Trump and his administration will try to bring the Federal Reserve to heel with some appointments to the board of that body. … But there’s a definite limit to how far this should go for, as not enough people know, the point of the Fed is to curb the ent...Read More
Gold and gold mining stocks will benefit from the turbulence of the Trump presidency. And, analyst David Chapman writes in Investor's Digest of Canada, the amount of new gold being found by gold mining exploration companies has plunged. Growing demand and lagging supply can only mean that the price of gold and gold mining stocks will go up.Most would probably agree that Donald Trump was the top st...Read More
Story developed using data from Mining Intelligence. Learn more and schedule a demo."Grade is king". This is very true, especially in today's challenging mineral commodities market conditions. The grade of metal in ore is usually directly related to the ability of a particular mine to make money and be profitable.All things being equal, a higher grade generally means lower production costs per o...Read More
Bret Stephens delivered the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture this week at the University of California, Los Angeles. Read the full text of his remarks below: I'm profoundly honored to have this opportunity to celebrate the legacy of Danny Pearl, my colleague at The Wall Street Journal … – Time MagazineThe Wall Street Journal doesn’t always tell the truth. This speech that deals in...Read More
Old Earth Ruins, Ancient Dams, Airports, Lifelines, Canal Systems and Underwater Structures … Rips the lid off the coffin of the credibility of mainstream history model.This video by Newearth deals with ancient dams, canal systems and structures that once made up a thriving international culture before recorded history.It is one of a series of over 50 videos made by Newearth who is an aficio...Read More
Bret Stephens delivered the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture this week at the University of California, Los Angeles. Read the full text of his remarks below: I'm profoundly honored to have this opportunity to celebrate the legacy of Danny Pearl, my colleague at The Wall Street Journal … – Time MagazineThe Wall Street Journal doesn’t always tell the truth. This speech that deals in...Read More
Old Earth Ruins, Ancient Dams, Airports, Lifelines, Canal Systems and Underwater Structures … Rips the lid off the coffin of the credibility of mainstream history model.This video by Newearth deals with ancient dams, canal systems and structures that once made up a thriving international culture before recorded history.It is one of a series of over 50 videos made by Newearth who is an aficio...Read More
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump's Bizarre Behavior … Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD? … Al Franken recently raised a provocative question about Donald Trump: Is he mentally ill? On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher last week, the Minnesota senator claimed that some of his Republican colleagues have "great concern...Read More
The Fed Should Raise Rates Next Month … Inflation in the U.S. rose in the year that ended in January by 2.5 percent — faster than expected, and well above the Fed's target of 2 percent. It was the latest sign that the economy needs a rise in interest rates when the Federal Reserve's policy-making committee meets next month.Earlier this year it looked as if rate hikes were being postpon...Read More
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump's Bizarre Behavior … Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD? … Al Franken recently raised a provocative question about Donald Trump: Is he mentally ill? On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher last week, the Minnesota senator claimed that some of his Republican colleagues have "great concern...Read More
The Fed Should Raise Rates Next Month … Inflation in the U.S. rose in the year that ended in January by 2.5 percent — faster than expected, and well above the Fed's target of 2 percent. It was the latest sign that the economy needs a rise in interest rates when the Federal Reserve's policy-making committee meets next month.Earlier this year it looked as if rate hikes were being postpon...Read More
Tony Blair on Friday announced his "mission" to get Brits who voted to remain in the European Union to "rise up in defense of what we believe" while accusing the government of being "obsessed with Brexit" and bemoaning the lack of an effective opposition. In his first major speech since the EU referendum, the former prime minister told an audience in the City of London that people were misinformed...Read More
Make It Legal to Sell Home-Cooked Food … As food delivery becomes ever more popular in the U.S., some innovators have been looking to do for meals what Uber and Lyft have done for rides. Good cooks or even professional chefs working at home can produce tasty food for people nearby, income for themselves, and tax revenue for cities and states. Or they could if it were legal to sell home-cooke...Read More
Tony Blair on Friday announced his "mission" to get Brits who voted to remain in the European Union to "rise up in defense of what we believe" while accusing the government of being "obsessed with Brexit" and bemoaning the lack of an effective opposition. In his first major speech since the EU referendum, the former prime minister told an audience in the City of London that people were misinformed...Read More
Make It Legal to Sell Home-Cooked Food … As food delivery becomes ever more popular in the U.S., some innovators have been looking to do for meals what Uber and Lyft have done for rides. Good cooks or even professional chefs working at home can produce tasty food for people nearby, income for themselves, and tax revenue for cities and states. Or they could if it were legal to sell home-cooke...Read More
Monopolies Are Worse Than We Thought … Economists are increasingly turning their attention to the problem of monopoly. This doesn't mean literal monopoly, like when one utility company provides all the power in a city. It refers to market concentration in general — when an industry goes from having 20 players to having only 10, or when the four biggest companies in an industry start ta...Read More