Author: Richard A Reagan

With the UK poised to leave the European Union at some point through Brexit, the divisions among the EU’s member states are growing more and more apparent every day. It isn’t just members such as the UK either, which despite its EU membership was never fully integrated into many aspects of the union. Core members […]

Caffeine is probably one of the most widely-consumed drugs in the country. Millions of Americans get their daily fix with a cup or two (or more) of java. And while drinking coffee does have many health benefits, many of us are concerned that we get too much caffeine in our systems. Not only do we […]

If you needed any more indication that a decade of near-zero interest rates has completely upended financial markets, the massive amount of negative yielding debt should do it for you. Over $13 trillion of debt today is now yielding negative interest rates. That means that borrowers aren’t paying lenders to borrow money, the lenders are […]

The millennial generation, those born between about 1981 and 2000, has finally come of age. Older millennials are beginning to reach their peak earning years, starting families and buying homes. Younger millennials are only a few years from exiting college and entering the workforce. And the millennial generation has finally become the largest generational cohort […]

If President Trump’s tariffs on all Chinese imports go into full effect, the average American family is expected to pay over $2,000 per year due to higher prices on the goods they buy. But they’ll only pay that if the imports from China are actually assessed tariffs. Goods coming in from most other countries aren’t […]

Democrats across the country continue to push for gun control, using every shooting as another excuse to push their agenda to disarm American citizens. They continually recite the usual litany of demands: universal background checks, magazine capacity limits, assault weapons bans, etc., regardless of the plain and obvious fact that none of these proposals would […]

Given how prevalent heart disease has become in American society, and how many people die of heart ailments, the American Heart Association has come up with a list of seven steps that people can take to improve their heart health. 1. Stop Smoking While tobacco usage has declined significantly from previous decades, there are still […]

Hong Kong has been rocked recently by massive anti-government protests. Over one million people have taken to the streets to protest measures that the government intends to pass that would allow people arrested in Hong Kong to be extradited to the Chinese mainland. That has many in Hong Kong outraged at what they see as […]

Many visitors to Yellowstone National Park don’t realize it, but much of the park consists of a series of calderas that were formed hundreds of thousands of years ago in the aftermath of enormous volcanic eruptions. And while much of the park may seem peaceful and tranquil today, it’s still sitting on top of an […]

If you’ve been to the gas pumps recently you’ve probably noticed that prices of gasoline have been decreasing steadily. That’s a little unusual, since gas prices generally start rising after Memorial Day due to the increased demand from summer vacationers and stay elevated through Labor Day. Average gasoline prices have dropped about 16 cents per […]