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More than 2,000 years before America’s bailouts and entitlement programs, the ancient Romans experimented with similar schemes. The Roman government rescued failing institutions, canceled personal debts, and spent huge sums on welfare programs. The result wasn’t pretty. Roman politicians picked winners and losers, generally favoring the politically well connected — a practice that’s central to …

In my medical training, a fellow physician tried to convince me that my liberal leanings on health care were misguided. While I firmly believed that the government had an important role in providing access to medical care—particularly to the underserved—my colleague argued that the government’s role in, well, anything, should be practically nonexistent. I remained …

One thing governments show us over and over again is their promises are almost always broken. This should concern us greatly since the “war” on COVID-19 will bring many promises from Congress that will never be realized but will cost us a lot of money anyway. Our federal government promised to balance the budget every …

The U.S. birthrate fell to the lowest level since the federal government began compiling statistics in 1909. In 2019, the U.S. saw a rate of 58.2 births per 1,000 women ages 15–44, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The number of births in 2019 was …

Online retailer Amazon, criticized for not acting quickly enough to curb sellers who charged hundreds of dollars for high-demand hand sanitizer during the early phase of the new coronavirus pandemic, urged Congress on Wednesday to pass a law against price gouging during times of national emergency. Price-gouging is not usually illegal but can be in …

Born on the 12th of September, here are 12 quotes from the acerbic author. The “Sage of Baltimore” (pictured above) was born in 1880 and is regarded by many as one of the most influential American journalists, essayists, and writers of the early 20th century. To recognize the great political writer on his birthday, here …

The Bigger the Government, the Bigger the Potential for Massive Abuse of Individual Rights! Freedom originates in the mind of the individual, and will never be granted by authorities. Authorities get their power from their victims. If you want to be left alone to “live & let live” you have to educate your society by …

The feds are concerned that Zoom’s security flaws could make the popular videoconferencing platform vulnerable to foreign spies, a new report says. An intelligence analysis from the Department of Homeland Security found that Zoom’s explosive growth and its well known security problems make it a “target-rich environment” for government spy services and other hackers, ABC …

With over 20 million having recently lost work, scammers could swallow lots of stimulus checks. They tell you that there’s a wonderful job waiting for you. Just fill out a form and send money. Often there’s no real job. Phony offers snag thousands, regulators and employment pros warn. “These scams are everywhere. Job scams are …

Sen. Marco Rubio before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2017. Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) on Tuesday pushed back against President Trump’s claim that, as president, he has the authority to decide when to lift business closures imposed by governors to mitigate the spread …