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The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is normally one of the most cautious, academically oriented parts of the White House. Staffed and headed by professional economists, the CEA tends to issue serious academic explorations of problems in the economy, like…
Earlier today, the White House released a paper titled “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism.” Weirdly, it contains a chart that actually makes a pretty decent argument for single-payer health care. The chart compares wait times for seniors in countries like…
On a whim one July morning in 1987, my family set off from our small town in south Ukraine in a stuffy old Lada. We drove through Crimea, then rode by ferry to Sochi, and then drove again through Abkhazia…
Just inside Shelley Jackson’s Brooklyn brownstone, a pastel-splotched creature several feet tall held out its plastic paws in an attitude of supplication, or welcome. Its huge eyes had a lysergic taint, like those of a feverish child. Jackson, the author…
An international team of scientists and researchers have stumbled upon an ancient discovery at the bottom of the Black Sea. Scientists believe the archaeological findings are a chance to learn ground-breaking information about shipbuilding in the ancient maritime world. Researchers…
The culprit drove his car dangerously close to the bear pair as they shared a moment of intimacy. In defense of his actions, he said he wanted to move past the bears as fast as possible. A Norwegian man in his…
