My OpEd on the CDC’s Band-Aid Solutions ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Get ready to mask-up, socially distance, and more boosters. In a society where trust in government institutions is waning, one would expect CDC Director Mandy Cohen to make it her mission to regain our confidence. But pushing forward yet another COVID-19 “booster” …
This editorial ran in today’s Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Politicians will do nothing until it’s too late. According to the CBO, Social Security and Medicare will be insolvent in ten years. Millions of Americans face losing their monthly checks, and politicians aren’t doing anything about it. Social Security was founded in the 1930s as a universal …
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I do not understand how, if 38% of parents fear for the safety of their kids, they would still send them to government schools. STORY HIGHLIGHTS 38% fear for child’s physical safety at school Down slightly from 44% reading last year after Uvalde shooting 14% of parents say child has expressed safety concerns to them …
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You just cannot make this up. Today in “too sad to be ironic” news, a Chicago television news crew doing a report on a string of robberies this week wound up getting robbed at gun point themselves by three armed men wearing ski masks. A reporter and photographer for spanish-language station Univision Chicago were filming around …
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Today’s OpEd is on the decline of the dollar on the world market, and the implications on America. This ran in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. The American dollar’s nearly century-long reign as the untouchable global kingpin is coming to an end. Five nations are sick of dancing to the tune of Western financial imperialists, and …
Visualizing the BRICS Expansion in 4 Charts We provide a data-driven overview of how the recent BRICS expansion will grow the group’s influence and reach.
From Statista: Over the past two decades, the world has witnessed a profound shift in the global economic and geopolitical landscape, as the rise of the BRICS nations has introduced a growing counterweight to the traditional dominance of the G7. Starting on Tuesday, leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Johannesburg, South …
The U.S. is a major producer and exporter of food products, but did you know that it’s also one of the world’s largest food importers? As Visual Capitalist’s Govind Bhutada details below, due to seasonality and climate, some foods can’t be grown on home soil, at least enough to fulfill consumption demands. Indeed, many familiar …
Florida and Idaho are America’s fastest-growing states, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Their populations increased by 1.9 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively, causing them to rise to 22.2 million and 1.9 million from July 2021 to June 2022. The two are followed by South Carolina, Texas and South Dakota. While Texas …
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In today’s editorial in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, I explore the decline in military recruitment and the erosion of trust in the U.S. armed forces. I argue that factors such as DEI policies, special treatments for certain groups, and political mishandling are betraying the military’s core values and undermining its essential function: winning wars and …
I have to wonder if this is the RFK Jr. effect. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Kennedy’s retrospective approval rating reaches 90% for first time Most former presidents rated positively by majority of U.S. adults Ratings of Kennedy, George W. Bush, Nixon improve modestly since 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. — John F. Kennedy remains the most highly rated former …
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This has nothing to do with the soldiers and everything to do with the Biden Admin and the woke Generals and Admirals. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are now less likely to express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the U.S. military, with a noticeable decline that has persisted for the past …
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There is no soft landing from this. Long story short, more and more offices in major U.S. cities are empty. As Visual Capitalist’s Avery Koop details below, at the end of March 2023, the national average vacancy rate of U.S. offices had climbed as high as 18.6%.
