The Moral Depravity of U.S. Sanctions and Embargoes
In the December 29, 2024, issue of the conservative Wall Street Journal, the paper’s longtime columnist Mary Anastasia O’Grady, who also serves on the Journal’s editorial board, wrote an article harshly criticizing the dictatorships in Cuba and Venezuela. Quoting a State Department statement issued in January 2021, she points out that the Cuban communist regime is a murderous supporter of terrorism that lets the Cuban people “go hungry, homeless, and without medicine.” O’Grady also also points out that Cuba is […]
Prosecution Stands Ready For TRIAL! Are They Really? Lawyer Reaction
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Brickbat: Driven To Drink
Kayla Pier, a former school bus driver in Indiana’s La Porte County, has been charged with operating while intoxicated and neglect of a dependent. Students called to report Pier for apparently driving her bus under the influence. The school transportation director caught up to the bus and removed her from driving, and she resigned the same day. But a criminal investigation did not start until a month later, when the school turned over the results of a toxicology […]
Today in Supreme Court History: January 13, 2014
1/13/2014: NLRB v. Noel Canning argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: January 13, 2014 appeared first on Reason.com.
Can New York Enter A Final Criminal Judgement Against Trump While The Federal Removal Action Is Still Pending?
Today Judge Merchan issued a sentence against President-Elect Trump, and presumably created a final appealable judgment. But could he? President Trump has tried to remove this case to federal court under the federal officer removal statute. I wrote about the statute here, and Tillman and I explained why the case could not be removed here. The District Court denied Trump’s motion to remand the case to state court. But unlike with the usual federal question removal statute, where […]
The increase in inequality since the early 1980s is consistent with Austrian economics
This article showed evidence that the constant rise in inequality since early 1980s, especially in the US, confirms the prediction of the Austrian economics. The growth in financial activities, fueled by monetary expansion, increases income inequality by triggering the Cantillon effect, and the resulting pattern of rise and fall in top incomes as well as the change of relative wages over time is fully consistent with the Austrian theory. submitted by /u/menghu1001 [link] [comments]
Do you have experience that change your mind how you see the world?
You used to think some way, similar to most people. Then you found something,. Then you change your mind. Then it change your life and life strategies. For example, I used to think reasoning is useful. Then I learn humans have hidden motives that do not show up on reasoning. That is why many wise people like Carnegie says to avoid arguments. Instead of arguments I should have bargaining position. People don’t steal my stuff because there are […]