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Is Cheap Gas a Bad Thing?
Remember peak oil? Remember when oil prices were $140 a barrel and Goldman Sachs predicted they would soon reach $200? Now, the latest news is that oil prices have gone up all the way to $34 a barrel. Last fall, Goldman Sachs…
IJ and Small Business Owner Beat IRS on Civil Asset Forfeiture
Last year I referred readers to the abuse of civil asset forfeiture laws by the IRS in its attempt to take more than $107,000 from North Carolina small business owner Lyndon McLellan without charging him with any crime. The…
Zika Virus Shows It’s Time to Bring Back DDT
The Zika virus is spreading by mosquitoes northward through Latin America, possibly correlated with birth defects such as microcephaly in infants. Stories and photos of their abnormally small skulls are making headlines. The…
Monty Python’s John Cleese: “I’m Offended Every Day”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=QAK0KXEpF8U British actor and comedic genius John Cleese shares his thoughts with Big Think about political correctness, criticism, and humor: I'm offended every day. For example, the British…
The Ethanol Mandate Is Literally Impossible
In recent years, politicians set impossibly high mandates for the amounts of ethanol motorists must buy in 2022, while also setting impossibly high standards for the fuel economy of cars sold in 2025. To accomplish these…
Who Won in Iowa? And Why?
On Monday, the political world watched as the early results trickled in from the Iowa caucuses. First, Donald Trump was ahead, then Ted Cruz overtook him, then Marco Rubio started creeping up. In the final count, Cruz won…
Two Flavors of Tyranny
Maybe you have noticed the strangely implausible similarities between the cobbled-together platforms of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. On the surface, they represent opposite extremes. But in their celebration of the nation…
Terrorism Makes Headlines, But We Are Safer than Ever
The atmosphere in France was already gloomy before the atrocities of the 13th of November. What should we call it now? A familiar tune is echoing louder and louder: we hear that the world is horrible, that the youth is…
Tech Sector Bears Brunt of Capital Taxes, Random Regulation
According to our president’s final State of the Union, we’ve recovered from the economic crisis and now enjoy the strongest, most durable economy in the world. Obama does acknowledge that startups and small businesses may…
Remembering Frederick Douglass
Google is celebrating Frederick Douglass today, which is the first day of Black History Month. Douglass is, of course, most famous for his work as an abolitionist, and for his inspiring autobiography, which recounts his…
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