Patrick Stewart, Susan St. James, and the Brilliant Transformation of Fatherhood
Fathers are becoming better and nicer by the day. See the recent deaths of Susan St. James and Patrick Stewart for evidence.
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Apple's iPhones Are About the U.S. As Much As the World
If you love your iPhone, you passionately adore free trade. Absent the division of labor that the iPhone is a monument to, the supercomputers that sit in our pockets wouldn’t exist.
Child Safety Is Way Too Important To Be Left To Lawmakers
The frequently exhausting act of parenting can’t be mailed in, or simplified by legislators.
When Democrats Run Against Democrats, Democrats Always Win
Too bad Kamala Harris didn’t beat Donald Trump in 2024. Except Republicans will protest that Harris would have been much worse than Trump. Impossible.
Prediction Markets Shine An Essential Light On Growing Government
A government that spends as much as the U.S.’s does must be watched ever more closely precisely due to the weightiness of each governmental action.
Prediction Markets Make Owning a Business Less of a Gamble
Utah’s political class is mistaking prediction markets for gambling. Worse, in criminalizing prediction markets, the state of Utah is depriving its citizenry not just of the remunerative fruits of…
Jensen Huang and Nvidia's Only "Offense"? Doing Business
If you’re selling your goods into the marketplace, you’re trading with the whole world. The previous truth requires mention as the economically challenged at the New York Times and CNBC claim Nvidia…
Tim Penny's Social Security Solutions Will Expand It and the Federal Budget
There will be no Social Security benefit cuts in 2032. For former congressman and longtime budget scold Tim Penny to say otherwise is not only unoriginal, but also dishonest. And that’s not a defense…
With Mutual Corporations, the People Are the Corporation
In a profits and loss sense, a mutual insurance company is a fiction. That’s because the policyholders are the company. Which is a crucial distinction, one that recalls a famous motto.
A $1,200 Courtyard By Marriott Room In Manhattan Is Not Inflation
Unless economics is no longer about tradeoffs, a soaring market price must show up in much lower prices elsewhere in the economy, and vice versa.
There's No Single Interest Rate, and No Single College Tuition
The Federal Reserve does not set interest rates. If it did, the U.S. economy would be desperately depressed and the Fed’s actions not worth talking or writing about.
AI Export Controls Foisted On China Come Back To The Haunt The U.S.
Tech genius in the U.S. and China formerly combined on the path to remarkable technological leaps, leaps that would result in faster progress and pay.
Sam Bankman-Fried Reveals 'Hindsight' As Wildly Sight-Impairing
“Genesis Digital was ‘one of Bankman-Fried’s most reckless investments.’” That's from the Wall Street Journal, in an article citing the views of the bankruptcy team that sold it off.
The Bigger Meaning Found In Four-Hour Amazon Delivery Times
Thank goodness Jeff Bezos was born in 1964, instead of 1864. If born 100 years earlier, his genius most likely wouldn’t have been felt much beyond the city or town in which he was born.
Keeping U.S. Technology Out Of China Will Not Boost National Security
National security is incredibly expensive, and by extension an effect of a strong and growing economy.
Data Centers Exemplify Global Cooperation, and Its Attendant Peace
Data centers will do more to enhance global peace than any weapon, treaty, or statesman could ever hope to. A walk of even a tiny portion of one would confirm the previous truth to even the most…
The Cruelty of Government Consumption Is Felt By Us All, Now
On February 14, 2011, Uber sold 20% of itself to Benchmark Capital for $11 million. Uber is presently worth $136 billion, yet it handed over 20 percent of itself for $11 million? Why didn’t its…
Banks Have A Right, And A Duty To Protect Their Reputations
The cost of a bad client well exceeds any near-term gains from that same client.
There’s No Such Thing As ‘Velocity Of Money,’ There’s Just Production
Money changing hands at rising speeds is a sign that production, which is an expression of a desire to get, is increasing.
ICE's Roundup Of Workers Has a Tragically Growing Body Count
Curo Churata stopped at Home Depot ahead of going to work on June 27 th. The decision proved deadly.
As Inflation Continues to Lose Its Sole Meaning, Liberty Is Lost
History books will exonerate Joe Biden for so-called “Bidenflation.” And that’s not a defense of Biden. Instead, it’s a defense of the meaning of inflation.
New Mexico's Largest Judgement In U.S. History Strains Credulity
New Mexico’s $25 billion judgement against Meta is an obnoxious shakedown of the Menlo Park, CA technology giant. But that’s shooting fish in the most crowded of barrels. So, while the attempted…
Elizabeth Holmes Didn't Commit Fraud, Investors Fell In Love With Her Vision
What if Elizabeth Holmes was Eric Holmes? And what if Eric Holmes had raised $15 million for Theranos instead of the $700 million+ that Elizabeth Holmes reportedly raised?
It's Lost On Peggy Noonan That Societies Don't Plan Progress
Jay Leno was ridiculing Jeff Bezos, and Bezos had to take it. It was December 29, 1999.