With the prospect of longtime bank critic and progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren being chosen as Joe Biden's running mate now officially dead, Wall Street executives are openly applauding the presumptive Democratic nominee's selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris...
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Democide: Understanding the State’s Monopoly on Violence and the Second Amendment
by Sam Jacobs | Aug 13, 2020 | Politics
If you want to truly understand the necessity of the 2nd Amendment, you have to understand democide and what history teaches us about state-sponsored violence.
Anatomy Of A Monopoly
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 9, 2020 | Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
Anyone who has ever tried to start a business knows the difficulty in just getting it off the ground. Ignoring licensing, etc., consider that most potential entrepreneurs start off in a financial hole. If you have to hire employees this will be your biggest expense....
Three Observations on the Second Wave of COVID-19
by Eric Schuler | Jun 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
The long-feared second wave of COVID-19 in the United States appears to have arrived. National case numbers are making new records and two states have started to move back towards quarantine. Since news reports on the virus continue to emphasize the wrong metrics,...
Why Did The Police Abandon Their Posts?
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jun 12, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Peter Quinones, Politics
The riots and looting that have taken place in the aftermath of a Minneapolis law enforcement officer suffocating a man to death — which was caught on video by a bystander — has people questioning the idea of policing and how it is done. Should police be taught...
Three Ways Not To Analyze COVID-19 Statistics
by Eric Schuler | Jun 2, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns continue to cause unprecedented devastation of everyday life in the United States--approximately 100,000 deaths, tens of millions unemployed, and countless plans, activities, and goals put on an indefinite hold. In this context,...
How Members Of ‘Gun Culture’ View The Ahmaud Arbery Killing
by Peter R. Quiñones | May 14, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Events, Featured Articles, Justice, Op Eds, Peter Quinones, Politics
There has been another controversial shooting of an unarmed man. The Ahmaud Arbery case is currently being litigated on social media by the usual suspects who plan on using this to further their “pet” agenda. Whether it be the “law and order” crowd who have their...
Using Bad Math, Media Claims No State Has Met the Reopening Guidelines on New Cases
by Eric Schuler | May 4, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
As the debate over lifting the lockdowns in the US intensifies, key data points on testing and infections are routinely mischaracterized. Consider this summary from Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday on May 3: As we said, about half the states -- more than half the...