It’s no secret that most Americans are chronically sleep-deprived. Even though most people know that they need 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night, many Americans get well less than that. And in some office cultures lack of sleep is even seen as a badge of pride. But more and more evidence has demonstrated […]
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In a resounding defeat for the leftist political forces that have dominated Brazil for the past 15 years, conservative candidate Jair Bolsonaro claimed victory in the Brazilian presidential election, taking 55 percent of the vote versus 45 percent for his socialist rival Fernando Haddad. Western media has of course taken to decrying the result of […]
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Stock markets have been topsy-turvy in recent weeks, with investors continuing to remain nervous about the direction of markets as interest rates continue to rise. President Trump has blamed the Federal Reserve and its raising of the target federal funds rate for weakening the economy and unnerving markets. But if merely raising rates has caused […]
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There are still many Americans alive today who remember the “good old days” of air travel. Seats were comfortable, the food was decent and free, and stewardesses were polite and pleasant. All of that has changed over the past few decades as airplanes have become the buses of the sky. And now the frustration of […]
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While bolt-action rifles may be the stereotypical idea of a hunting rifle for many people, hunters in the Northeast and Upper Midwest have often favored other types of rifles when hunting in heavy woods and thick brush. That’s where the pump-action rifle comes into its own. And perhaps no other pump-action rifle is as famous […]
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Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly had her NBC show, Megyn Kelly Today, canceled in the wake of comments she made about Halloween costumes and blackface. Kelly questioned what was racist about wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume if the person wearing it was attempting to portray a particular person or character. Merely […]
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Recent weeks have seen stocks all over the map. From reaching new highs near 27,000 earlier this month to finishing last week over 2,000 points below those highs, investors have been plunged into an uncertainty they hadn’t experienced since February. Back then, many investors didn’t know what to do, as markets plunged but then seemed […]
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While stock markets have been on a roller coaster ride the past couple of weeks, Bitcoin has remained remarkably stable. That’s a departure from previous price movements, and a potential indicator that Bitcoin is maturing as an alternative investment asset and as a store of wealth during times of financial turmoil. Some market analysts are […]
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When defining what conservatism is, it’s important to remember that one of the core properties of any political philosophy is that it remain logically consistent. If you adhere to the first principles of a political philosophy, your stance towards any particular issue flows naturally from those first principles. Thus you can take a policy stance […]
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Anyone who has followed Elizabeth Warren’s career has seen that her meteoric rise mirrors in many ways those of Barrack Obama. Once a professor at Harvard Law School, Warren has over the past decade launched herself into the national spotlight, jumping from the oversight panel overseeing the TARP bailout program to the predecessor of the […]
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