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"It is the individual speaking her innermost feelings. In the words of the famous jazz composition by Norman Mapp, 'jazz ain’t nothing but soul,' and in our world now, we need that individual voice and soul…

"M2 in 2020 and 2021 increased by the largest percentages in the last 60 years. To the surprise of the Federal Reserve (although not everyone), inflation resulted." ~ John Devereux & Gerald P. Dwyer

Each year for Women’s History Month, which has taken place in March since 1987, the National Women’s History Alliance designates a theme. “Celebrating Women Who Tell Stories” is the theme for 2023. Storytelling is a fine…

The 18th-century British cartoonist James Gillray was the first to satirize Napoleon as a “thundering boastful character.” Later in the 20th century, despite Napoleon’s being of average height for his time, the term Napoleon…

"Whether it's Lina Khan at the FTC or Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren in Congress, antitrust advocates should take a hard look in the mirror. The only true monopoly within the US marketplace is where these…

"Like Adam Smith, I’d prefer that trade be liberalized gradually as opposed to not at all. But perhaps unlike him, if I were put in front of a button to eliminate immediately all species of economic protectionism, I’d…

In early 2020, Chrystal and Joshua Bernard decided that they would begin homeschooling their four young children at the start of the following school year. Their two oldest children were completing first grade and…

In his remarkable new book, The Call of the Tribe, the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa explains how far his intellectual journey has taken him. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was a socialist who even flirted with Cuban…

A massive three-day strike took over Los Angeles this week as 30,000 education support staff walked off the job, protesting for higher wages, respectful treatment, and increased staffing. The Los Angeles Unified School…