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Syria’s Rojava Revolution Is in Grave Danger
Kobane, Syria, was home to one of the most famous military turning points in history. A small force of Kurdish guerrillas, pressed between the advancing Islamic State group and the Turkish border, was supposed to have fallen quickly in a tragic last stand. Obama administration officials said as much. Instead, the Kurds of Kobane successfully held out for six months, enough time for the cavalry—the U.S. Air Force and rebels from elsewhere in Syria—to arrive. Yesterday, Kobane came under […]
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Ohio Legislator Proposes Criminalizing Planting a Flag at Midfield
Ohio Rep. Josh Williams is proposing a new law to make planting a flag at midfield after winning a football game a felony in the state of Ohio. The bill appears to have been inspired by the tussles between Ohio State and University of Michigan players after their most recent game, which Michigan won and at which a Michigan player sought to plant a Michigan flag on the OSU field. From the ESPN report: Ohio state Rep. Josh […]
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Trump, the Self-Described ‘Tariff Man,’ Does Not Understand How Tariffs Work
“I’m a big believer in tariffs,” President-elect Donald Trump said this week, not for the first time. “I think they’re beautiful.” Trump claims the heavy tariffs he plans to impose during his second term are “going to make us rich,” at no cost to American businesses or consumers. That is a dangerous fantasy. Trump’s position on tariffs begins with his longstanding misconceptions about international trade, which he erroneously views as a zero-sum game with rules that are rigged […]
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My critiques of this study:
Research is not a budgeted item out of profit, as one might think. So having a high contribution margin (because of high prices above the cost to manufacture drugs is low) does not lead to more innovation. Instead, research projects are approved based off its ability to generate future cash inflows at/above the outflows. So, the revenue and not the profit would directly vary with spending in each country, which the study shows. My interpretation of this alternate […]
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I don’t want to be a Taylor Swift fan anymore: On why we need to hold our idols more accountable.
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