Americans Don’t Know Why We Celebrate 4th of July
So much for government education
What kind of nation did the Founders aim to create?
Reagan Warned about Airbrushing Our History Away
America Isn't Getting More Liberal — It's Getting More Libertarian. Today the public is broadly more libertarian than it was just decades ago
The government wants you to grill fruit for the Fourth of July
Grilled pineapple slices are delicious - but why is this the gummint's job?
Fats and carbs: One of the Biggest Mistakes in Nutrition Research
“It might be more harmful to consume lots of carbohydrates than saturated fats. If you fear cardiovascular diseases, most types of fats are better than carbs,” says the professor. Svihus thinks that in the worst case all the focus on taking fats out of the diet might have raised risks for heart disease. This is because we drop fats and exchange them with a lot of carbohydrates.
How America's Workforce Has Changed Since 1977
Quote: "There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem."
Hah!
Another quote: The intelligentsia … have encouraged the poor to believe that their poverty is caused by the rich – a message that may be a passing annoyance to the rich but a lasting handicap to the poor, who may see less need to make fundamental changes in their own lives that could lift them up, instead of focusing their efforts on tearing others down.
19.8% of U.S. Workforce Was Foreign-Born in June
That Didn’t Take Long: North & South Carolina Shark Attacks Blamed on Global Warming
NY Times Loves How Communism Is Good For Cuba’s Environment
Want to save Puerto Rico? Make it a U.S. state.
No thanks. Let it be its own tropical country.
The Tolerant Left
A Field Guide To Acela Republicans - To start with, Acela Republicans hate Republicans.
Obama: I´m Reagan and Hillary can be Bush 41
Politico: "As I noted last month with a link to an AEI infographic, if Clinton patiently endures her falls from public popularity she’s almost always rewarded with a rise."
"... at this very moment, politicians from Spain's Podemos to Italy's Five Star movement are drafting memos demanding that the IMF evaluate their own debt sustainability."
Greece:
It’s easy to dismiss Greece as a dead beat country full of oily grifters. In theory, the Greek people have only themselves to blame for electing crooks and liars. That’s an argument against democracy, but the people never voted for bankruptcy. They were misled by their leaders, who got hooked on the heroin of global finance. They supported joining the Euro because they were told it would avoid these problems.
Europe’s Real Existential Crisis
Except for London and Germany, Europe is a suicidal museum
Southern Italy, Europe’s soft underbelly
Southern Italy, Europe’s soft underbelly
Brzezinski on Russia: 'We Are Already In a Cold War'
The middle-east peace industry - Catch the Jew
Hamas, Under Fire from ISIS, Fractures Into Many Dangerous Pieces
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