One of the great mysteries of contemporary physics and cosmology is how to explain the fact that there should be as much anti-matter as matter in the universe — but apparently isn’t. As explained by cosmologists at Australian National University: Why is it, that wherever we look in the universe, we observe the presence of […]
Obama admin hid N Korea weapons advance from public
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) already in 2013 had determined that North Korea was capable of building miniaturized nuclear weapons that could be used as warheads for missiles – possibly ICBMs. But the Obama administration hid the information from the U.S. public because it didn’t want to do anything and didn’t want the public to […]
How to speed nominee approval in the Senate
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has put forward an excellent idea for getting the President’s stalled nominees for the executive branch past Chuck Schumer’s retarding maneuvers. Johnson writes: I have a simple proposal: Change the rules of the Senate to limit debate on sub-Cabinet and lower-court nominees to two hours on the Senate floor. Use Senate […]
Why this new website?
It used to be the case that one could read one or two mainstream newspapers and feel reasonably well informed. With the exception of the Wall Street Journal, that is no longer the case. The Washington Post and New York Times have transformed themselves from somewhat reliable journalism to angry and unreliable partisanship. While it’s […]
Keeping the Fed from Doing Bad Things Again
Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives (CMFA) has just issued guidelines for Congress to enact so that Fed will be compelled to restore normal interest rates, free capital for investment, and not once again damage the economy. The executive summary of the CMFA’s proposal reads as follows: Congress should: • replace the Federal Reserve’s […]
