(Bruce Walker, The Center Square) A new study published by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy concludes states in the Great Lakes region with the strictest lockdown measures also suffered the greatest increases in job losses.
“The Costs of Michigan’s Second Lockdown” was authored by Chris Douglas, the department chair of...
Anyone who says inflation isn’t a problem hasn’t tried shopping for a new home recently.
Housing costs are skyrocketing. The median sales price of existing homes has spiked 16% over the past 12 months (from $270,400 to $313,000) – the fastest pace in 15 years.
The real estate market is being...
People will likely need a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine within one year, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a recently released statement.
Bourla also stressed the likelihood that people will need to be vaccinated annually, CNBC reported.
“A likely scenario is that there will be likely a need for...
Ignore what central bankers are saying; instead, watch what they are doing.
While they poo-poo gold or pretend it doesn't exist, global central banks have been quietly but aggressively accumulating gold bullion for several years now. The Central Bank of Russia, for example, has been a consistent buyer of gold.
Other...
(Steve Miller, RealClearInvestigations) One robot dog armed with a thermometer: $150,000.
Forty all-terrain vehicles, five utility terrain vehicles, and 18 utility trailers: $626,000.
Using public funds earmarked for coronavirus relief to buy these items: priceless.
That’s just a fraction of supposedly COVID-related spending by a single police department, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
But it hints...
(Todd DeFeo, The Center Square) Gov. Phil Murphy is considering an executive order that would send $40 million to undocumented immigrants in New Jersey, according to a report.
According to Politico, Murphy could pull the money for “one-time stimulus payments” from remaining Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds....
(Headline USA) Bernard Madoff, the disgraced former financier whose downfall during the financial crash of 2008 ruined thousands of investors, died behind bars early Wednesday.
Madoff, 82, was the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that outfoxed regulators but eventually earned him a 150-year prison term.
Even among those who...
President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order that would require companies to submit “climate confessions,” or a list of risks they face from climate change along with their greenhouse gas emissions, according to special climate envoy John Kerry.
The inquisition seemed to be directed toward shaming and...
(Headline USA) More than 300 far-left corporations and investors, including such giants as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Coca-Cola, are calling on the Biden administration to set an ambitious climate change goal that would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.
The target would...
Radical leftist David Hogg announced this weekend that he’s dropping his own pillow company just two months after he launched it to compete with MyPillow’s conservative founder Mike Lindell.
“We were met with immediate and overwhelming support. But I soon realized that given my activism, schoolwork, and family commitments, I...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) William Watts with MarketWatch sees the “biggest Inflation scare in 40 years” on its way.
He expects massive amounts of stimulus coupled with a boom associated with easing COVID restrictions to generate a surge in prices like the nation hasn’t seen since the late 1970s...
(Jon Miltimore & Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) Californians often serve as test subjects for progressive policies.
With its latest proposed ban, the Golden State may end up serving as a cautionary tale.
“Answering the call of Gov. Newsom, Democratic California lawmakers introduced a bill to ban fracking by 2027, in...