Why Talking to Yourself Is so Important | Gary M. Galles

Why Talking to Yourself Is so Important | Gary M. Galles: Leonard Read's great work Talking to Myself turns 50 this year. It is worth considering why he would give such a title to a book he wanted others to read.

Why Cuba's Infant Mortality Rate Is so Low | Luis Pablo de la Horra

Why Cuba's Infant Mortality Rate Is so Low | Luis Pablo de la Horra: Dictatorships have always resorted to data manipulation for political purposes. This isn’t new. What is really disturbing is that Western intellectuals continue to buy the propaganda of the oldest tyranny in the Americas.

8 Venezuelan Industries Hugo Chavez Nationalized (Besides Oil) | Jon Miltimore

8 Venezuelan Industries Hugo Chavez Nationalized (Besides Oil) | Jon Miltimore: While it’s well known Chávez expanded state control over Venezuela’s oil operations and seized the assets of foreign producers, this is hardly the only industry he nationalized.

How This Teen Entrepreneur Created a Million-Dollar Candy Empire | Jon Miltimore

How This Teen Entrepreneur Created a Million-Dollar Candy Empire | Jon Miltimore: When Alina Morse was seven years old, she was denied a lollipop because it was bad for her teeth. Instead of throwing a fit, she decided to create a naturally sweetened lollipop that would be better for her. She then turned this idea into a $6 million dollar business, making her a millionaire before the age of 14.

Solar Panels Produce Tons of Toxic Waste—Literally | Bill Wirtz

Solar Panels Produce Tons of Toxic Waste—Literally | Bill Wirtz: Beyond the clear misallocation of resources and energy market price distortions, there are numerous human health concerns directly related to the manufacture and disposal of solar panels.

44 Things You Should Know about the Green New Deal | Jon Miltimore

44 Things You Should Know about the Green New Deal | Jon Miltimore: The Green New Deal, it’s safe to say, is rather confusing. The big question: How worried should you be?

The World's Recycling System Is Falling Apart. What's Going On? | Walter Donway

The World's Recycling System Is Falling Apart. What's Going On? | Walter Donway: The argument for recycling is mutating before our eyes, from the broken “limits to growth” argument to the new climate change arguments.

The Myth That the Rich Don’t Pay Their “Fair Share” of Taxes | Gary M. Galles

The Myth That the Rich Don’t Pay Their “Fair Share” of Taxes | Gary M. Galles: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have led the charge to add many zeros to what some Americans should be given at others’ expense. As a result, they have doubled (or tripled) down on an “old reliable” claim of the left that “the rich” don’t pay their “fair share” of taxes.

Sam Cooke’s “Rosa Parks Moment” | Tom Mullen

Sam Cooke’s “Rosa Parks Moment” | Tom Mullen: When asked if the restaurant would take their orders, a waitress replied, “Shut up and wait until I get to you.” Dionne Warwick responded that they could “take that order and shove it,” and the troupe returned to the bus. Two policemen pulled the bus over and demanded to know who the “gals” were who had been rude to the restaurant waitress.

How This Jamaican Immigrant Went from Part-Time Cashier to VP of Home Depot | Brooke Medina

How This Jamaican Immigrant Went from Part-Time Cashier to VP of Home Depot | Brooke Medina: In a time when many view the American Dream as more fiction than fact, Ann-Marie Campbell is a woman who challenges prevailing skepticism.

Why Does Amazon Pay $0 in Federal Income Taxes? | Tyler Cowen

Why Does Amazon Pay $0 in Federal Income Taxes? | Tyler Cowen: Amazon is valued at nearly $800 billion, yet the company reportedly paid $0 in federal income taxes last year. Why?

How to Be a Super Productive Remote Employee | Chloe Anagnos

How to Be a Super Productive Remote Employee | Chloe Anagnos: Remote work is no longer a deviation from the norm—it is the norm, with more than two-thirds of people working away from the office at least once each week around the globe.

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed: In the diary of Plymouth Colony’s first governor, William Bradford, we can read about the settlers' initial arrangement: Land was held in common. Crops were brought to a common storehouse and distributed equally. For two years, every person had to work for everybody else (the community), not for themselves as individuals or families.

Holodomor Memorial Day in Ukraine and Around the Globe | Marianna Davidovich Brashear

Holodomor Memorial Day in Ukraine and Around the Globe | Marianna Davidovich Brashear: Today the world remembers the atrocities inflicted by the horrific communist and socialist policies of Stalin and the USSR. There is nothing more important than human rights and continuing the fight for freedom for every human being.

Freedom Means a Right to Discriminate | Laurence M. Vance

Freedom Means a Right to Discriminate | Laurence M. Vance: Should employers have the right to discriminate in hiring on the basis of obesity? The Washington State Supreme Court recently ruled that “it is illegal for employers in Washington to refuse to hire qualified potential employees because the employer perceives them to be obese.”

What High-Tax Europe Really Looks Like | Bill Wirtz

What High-Tax Europe Really Looks Like | Bill Wirtz: Both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren suggest taxing the rich as a solution to the revenue problem their proposals would engender. As capital flight (people relocating due to high tax rates) increases and interest in investment and entrepreneurship diminishes, the question remains: who will pay for the programs Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are promising?

30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Misconceptions Still Drive Socialism | Zilvinas Silenas

30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Misconceptions Still Drive Socialism | Zilvinas Silenas: Socialism was, is, and will continue to be an utter failure in everything except keeping people behind Berlin Walls, iron curtains, and barbed wire. There is a reason people tore down the Berlin Wall with their bare hands the moment they realized they would not be shot.

Solar Panels Produce Tons of Toxic Waste—Literally | Bill Wirtz

Solar Panels Produce Tons of Toxic Waste—Literally | Bill Wirtz: Beyond the clear misallocation of resources and energy market price distortions, there are numerous human health concerns directly related to the manufacture and disposal of solar panels.

New Harvard Study Shows the Dangers of Early School Enrollment | Kerry McDonald

New Harvard Study Shows the Dangers of Early School Enrollment | Kerry McDonald: “Our findings suggest the possibility that large numbers of kids are being overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD,' said Timothy Layton, an assistant professor of health care policy at Harvard.

America's Record Middle-Class Earnings Exposes the 'Imaginary Hobgoblin' of Income Inequality | Mark J. Perry

America's Record Middle-Class Earnings Exposes the 'Imaginary Hobgoblin' of Income Inequality | Mark J. Perry: By three different measures—income shares of the top 5% and 20% and the Gini coefficient—there is no evidence of a significant rise in income inequality over the last 25 years; all three measures have been remarkably flat for more than two decades.