Halfway to Secession: Unity on Foreign Policy, Disunity on Domestic Policy
Expect opponents of secession and decentralization to start claiming that neither option is acceptable because any big change to the status quo could endanger American "strength" in foreign policy. Don't listen to them. Original Article: "Halfway to Secession: Unity on Foreign
Climate Change: Fred Singer’s Classic Critique
Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate. Third edition.by S. Fred Singer with David R. Legates and Anthony R. LupoIndependent Institute, 2020234 pages. During the Senate confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett last October, Kamala Harris criticized Barrett for her
Storming the Capitol or the Historical Legacy of the World’s Oldest Democracy?
The grand US Capitol building in Washington, home to the two chambers of the US Government that make up Congress, has been vulnerable to attacks in history. But the events that unfurled in its premises on 6th January, 2020 have
Is Gold Money?
Is gold money? Many would say so, and a web search returns tens of thousands of additional affirmative responses. If you want to start a fight with a gold bug, take the opposite view. But is it so? To answer the question of
The Drastic Rise of The Bitcoin And What One Can Expect In The Future
Is the Bitcoin’s bull run justified or is it the latest Tulip Mania? The first thought that comes to my mind in the question of prices is the Theory of Demand and Supply. Let us analyze the supply side first. The
WhatsApp- Data Breach
“Terms & Conditions”- we all have encountered these words whenever we have installed any new app or updated the existing one. Usually, we don’t pay any heed to such pop-ups but this time when WhatsApp come forward with its new
GST Collections Reach All-Time High – Has The Economy Revived?
By- Priya DCosta The Goods and Service Tax (GST) introduced in July, 2017, subsumed most erstwhile indirect taxes, barring some like excise on alcoholic liquor. This makes it the largest contributor among indirect taxes to the Government Treasury. GST is a tax
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR DDC ELECTION
After the abrogation of Article 370, the revocation of semi-autonomous status given to the state of Jammu and Kashmir and its division into J&K and Ladakh. The first DDC (District Development Council) elections took place, coupled with surprises. The objective of
THE NAXAL ISSUE: A QUESTION OF LIVES
On 23rd December, Wednesday, the Chhattisgarh Government reported that 216 Naxals have been killed in encounters with security forces over the last three years; with the highest number of Naxal deaths being reported in the Sukma District (82). Excluding these
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 9: The AAA
Having devoted the last two posts in my New Deal series to the NRA, I may have given readers the impression that I had nothing to say about the consequences of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) passed more than a