Author: Paul-Martin Foss

Amazon just announced that it would raise its minimum wage for all US employees to $15 per hour starting on November 1. But the company wasn’t content to stop there. It has instructed its public policy team to begin lobbying for an increase in the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour. While […]

Adding to an arsenal of legislation that makes California one of the most difficult states in which to do business, Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law legislation that mandates that public companies include women on their boards of directors. In doing so, California becomes the first state to enact that requirement. By the end […]

When people think of Mauser rifles, they generally think of World War I and II and the German Army. The Mauser 98 that was used in Germany from 1898 to 1945 was the pinnacle of bolt action rifle development, coming after a hurried 12-year arms race that began with the French Army’s introduction of the […]

In another sign of the reflexive intolerance of leftists, rapper Kanye West is taking yet more flack for his support of President Trump. Wearing a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap on a recent Saturday Night Live appearance, West launched into an off-air monologue supporting the President. His comments received boos from members of the […]

In another sign of the reflexive intolerance of leftists, rapper Kanye West is taking yet more flack for his support of President Trump. Wearing a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap on a recent Saturday Night Live appearance, West launched into an off-air monologue supporting the President. His comments received boos from members of the […]

A growing trend among left-leaning states since President Trump took office is that those states are attempting to adopt at the state level policies that the federal government under the Trump administration is abandoning at the national level. Among those is so-called “net neutrality,” which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has abandoned as a principle. […]

While the Winchester Model 70 may be touted as “The Rifleman’s Rifle,” another American-made rifle is no slouch either. The Remington Model 700, produced since 1962, is another of the most popular rifles in the United States. Developed from the Remington Models 721 and 722, themselves developments of the Remington Model 30, the Model 700 […]

The most frustrating thing about the saga surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is that all the to-do from the Democratic side isn’t really about Kavanaugh’s suitability for the bench. They’re really only concerned about one issue, Roe v. Wade, and they’re afraid that Kavanaugh might vote to overturn it should a case dealing with […]

The European Union has set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to allow European companies to continue to do business in Iran despite the threat of new US sanctions. While the US withdrew from the deal earlier this year, the agreement remains in effect as the US was just one party to the deal. The […]

An illegal immigrant who was a member of a fishing boat crew has been charged with murder after killing one of his fellow crew members and attacking others. Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez, 27, attacked crew members on the Virginia-based fishing boat Captain Billy Haver with a knife and a hammer. The attack occurred while the […]