Author: Richard A Reagan

The federal government finally reopened this week after more than a month of being “shut down.” Although hundreds of thousands of federal workers were either furloughed or forced to come to work without pay, they are all back to work and will receive back pay. Furthermore, federal spending only decreased by 7% during the shutdown, […]

You hear it all the time from politicians who may or may not know what they’re saying, that the United States has a democratic government and is committed to the ideals of democracy. But that’s not true. The Founding Fathers specifically wanted a republican government, not a democratic government. They knew that democracy was nothing […]

One of the major questions people ask about the government shutdown is how it will affect the economy. We hear the stories of companies such as Southwest, which had to put plans to fly a route to Hawaii on hold because its route approval is in limbo, or Marriott, which is seeing double digit declines […]

If you needed any more proof that the concern about climate change has jumped the shark, just read newly-elected Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent comments about climate change. During an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates at an event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Ocasio-Cortez said that, “Millennials and people, you know, Gen Z and all these folks […]

Hardly a day goes by when someone doesn’t make some sort of proposal to combat climate change. The fact that the climate changes constantly and that human beings have little effect on the earth’s climate doesn’t make a dent in the thinking of the climate change apostles, confident as they are in the supposed “consensus” […]

It seems that the more research is done into Alzheimer’s disease, the more prevalent the disease seems to become. Currently affecting 5.7 million Americans, more than 14 million Americans are expected to suffer from the disease by 2050. Alzheimer’s is characterized by its debilitating effects on memory, causing those suffering from the disease to slowly […]

Even though the total number of border crossings by illegal immigrants has been decreasing during President Trump’s tenure, it seems that those who continue crossing the border are beginning to do so in ever larger groups. The focus on immigration in recent months has been on the caravans of immigrants making their way to the […]

No one expects disaster to strike but we all need to be prepared for it. If you’re out hiking in the back country and suffer an injury that restricts your mobility, or if you’re backpacking and run into a surprise bout of inclement weather, you may find yourself in need of some temporary shelter to […]

With the Chinese government injecting record amounts of liquidity into the banking system last week there is widespread speculation that the Chinese economy is not doing too well. Those liquidity injections follow a rate cut that was an attempt to boost economic activity. Trade data from December showed that Chinese exports in December fell 4.4% […]

In a shocking twist to the investigation into alleged Trump campaign collusion with Russia, it has come to light that senior officials at the Department of Justice and FBI were warned that the infamous Steele dossier was linked to the Clinton campaign and was likely biased. The dossier, which was produced by Christopher Steele, a […]