Liberty
Iran’s actions hurt the world’s poor
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online explores the impact of Iran’s recent military actions. [A] whole bunch of people around the world are going to starve to death because of…
Sri Lanka
island country in South Asia
Liberty
Media Ignore Federal Waste, Focus on Those Uncovering It
Beth Brelje writes for the Federalist about legacy media outlets’ skewed priorities. The avalanche of wasteful spending uncovered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a mere hint of…
Liberty
Hurricanes Missed the Memo from Climate Change Alarmists
Mark Lewis writes at TownHall.com about an inconvenient fact for climate alarmists. The Weather Channel notified us on August 31 that “Rare Hurricane Season August Shutout Possible.” Really. “August is…
Liberty
Ford to Layoff 8,000 Works for Electric Vehicle Production
Ford Motor Company is reportedly planning on laying off 8,000 employees as part of its efforts to switch over and focus on electric vehicle production. The decision shows that despite…
Liberty
What Protests Against Green Energy Policy Around the World Means for North Carolinians
Two countries have been consumed by protests over the unforeseen impacts of green energy policy, and there are some critically important lessons for North Carolinians to consider. As environmentalists push…
Liberty
Galaxies Unfolding before My Eyes
Last night, we learned local company AVL was going to produce a 125% return on the $301,047 the government was going to give it from the magic stash. Don Yelton…
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Commentary highlights Thomas Sowell’s critical role
The recent publication of The Thomas Sowell Reader gives Kevin D. Williamson a good excuse to write a new Commentary article explaining the important role Sowell plays in educating readers…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A brief explanation of the problem with tariffs
Economic historian John Steele Gordon offers Commentary readers the following assessment (subscriber link) of tariffs while responding to a reader’s criticism of an earlier article: Tariffs are a tax ultimately…
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Health care heaven
A survey conducted in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mongolia, and Bangladesh had the following surprising result there is public support to increase government spending on health and to reduce out-of-pocket spending.…
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Tsunami, Personal Account
During the Fall of 2004 I was fortunate to speak in the Wilmington area at the home of Joyce Fernando to a gathering of her friends (and she has many)…
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He Was Swimming When They Hit
Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post gives a harrowing first-hand account of his survival of the tsunamis in Sri Lanka.