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Studies Find No Evidence That Assault Weapon Bans Reduce Homicide Rates ([link removed] )
by Being Classically Liberal
While initiatives against assault weapons may seem like “common sense” to advocates, if one takes the time to examine the data and evidence, it becomes abundantly clear that gun control in this form will do little to reduce gun violence.
THE STUDIES, DATA, AND EXAMINATION OF THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE BY SCHOLARS SUGGEST THAT ASSAULT WEAPON BANS OR BUYBACKS WILL HAVE LITTLE IF ANY EFFECT ON RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME AND GUN VIOLENCE. ([link removed] )
The Threat of Artificially Low Interest Rates ([link removed] )
by Pavel Mordasov
This month, under the guidance of Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve announced it is cutting rates for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. Is lowering interest rates to encourage further borrowing really what the United States needs considering household and corporate debt are at all-time highs?
THE FED’S DECISION TO LOWER RATES HAS RECEIVED DISDAIN FROM TWO FED OFFICIALS. ([link removed] )
Why College Tuition Is so Expensive ([link removed] )
by Jon Miltimore
"3,800%," Sen. Bernie Sanders recently tweeted. "That's how much the cost of four-year public college has increased since 1964."
The year Sanders cites is important.
TODAY ROUGHLY 90 PERCENT OF ALL STUDENT LOANS ARE ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OVERSEES $1.3 TRILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT. ([link removed] )
What the Tiny House Movement and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Have in Common ([link removed] )
by Griffin Daughtry
The Tiny House movement is gaining impressive traction in the United States. Amazon sells these tiny homes for as little as $24,000. Before you disregard tiny homes as an absurd fad, there's a few things you should know.
WHAT DO THOMAS JEFFERSON'S MONTICELLO AND TINY HOMES HAVE IN COMMON? MORE THAN MANY MIGHT THINK. ([link removed] )
No, Wages Are Not Rising Because of Minimum Wage Laws ([link removed] )
by Adam Michel
Average wage growth has been above 3% for 11 straight months. Meanwhile, the lowest 10th percentile of wage earners (people making about $12 an hour) have benefited from more than twice that gain in wages—a 6.6% wage increase over just the last year.
SOME ARE CLAIMING PAY FLOOR INCREASES AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT WAGE BOON, BUT THEY'RE WRONG. ([link removed] )
How Government Programs Ruined Childhood ([link removed] )
by Kerry McDonald
An op-ed in Sunday’s New York Times offers disheartening data about childhood depression. “STEM, standardized testing and active-shooter drills have largely replaced recess, leisurely lunches, art and music,” writes author Kim Brooks.
CHILDHOOD IS BEING RUINED AND PARENTS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SAVE IT. ([link removed] )
Virginia Apgar: The American Anesthesiologist Whose Medical Test Saved Millions of Newborns ([link removed] )
by Alexander C.R. Hammond
She was born in Westfield, New Jersey, on June 7, 1909. In 1952, she created a test called the “Apgar score” that medical professionals could use to asses the health of newborn infants, lowering the infant mortality rate by considerably increasing the likelihood of babies’ survival in the first 24 hours after birth.
VIRGINIA APGAR CREATED A TEST THAT IS USED TO QUICKLY ASSESS THE HEALTH OF NEWBORN BABIES AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER INFANTS NEED IMMEDIATE NEONATAL MEDICAL CARE. ([link removed] )
Schools Are Outdated. It's Time For Reform ([link removed] )
by Paul Boyce
Even though the curricula have developed, the essence has stayed the same. Children are still taught in a standardized and industrialized way. It is highly inefficient, bureaucratic, and wasteful.
BY CONTINUING ALONG WITH THIS STANDARDIZED TYPE OF SCHOOLING, WE ARE PUTTING MILLIONS AT A DISADVANTAGE. ([link removed] )
Lessons from Weimar Germany for the Portland Extremists ([link removed] )
by Griffin Daughtry
Ideology is what is fueling the violence carried out by individuals on the streets of Portland. What Antifa fails to realize is that waving communist flags and punching Nazis doesn’t pacify hatred; it only incites more violence.
“HISTORY MAY NOT REPEAT ITSELF, BUT IT DOES RHYME.” ([link removed] )
Advice for Presidential Candidates from Bastiat ([link removed] )
by Lawrence W. Reed
What happens when you dream about the 2020 presidential candidates enrolled in a "Bastiat for Beginners" course? Both a poor night's sleep and this list of Bastiat's best quotes.
IMAGINE THE DIFFERENCE IT COULD MAKE IF EVEN ONE OF THE CANDIDATES ALLOWED THE WISDOM OF ONLY ONE OR TWO OF THESE SNIPPETS TO TRULY SINK IN. ([link removed] )
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