The desire to ban hate speech is often framed as simply about being nice. In a recent segment on Germany’s laws against “hate speech,” 60 Minutes host Sharyn Alfonsi explained…
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The desire to ban hate speech is often framed as simply about being nice. In a recent segment on Germany’s laws against “hate speech,” 60 Minutes host Sharyn Alfonsi explained…
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Last time this much gold crossed the Atlantic, the French were repatriating their gold reserves from New York — in the 1960s, a few years before the gold-based Bretton Woods…
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DOGE is under a lot of fire. Critics claim that the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency woefully misunderstands government programs. That DOGE doesn’t know what constitutes waste, fraud, and…
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In April 2023, nearly 80 percent of Wisconsin voters supported an advisory referendum favoring work requirements for work-capable adults receiving taxpayer-funded benefits. The message was clear: people want welfare programs…
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At a recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell claimed that the Fed’s flexible average inflation targeting (FAIT) framework did not contribute to the post-pandemic inflation surge. There was…
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On Sunday, Germany’s voters will elect a new government. Polls indicate that the once mighty Social Democratic Party (SDP) will be reduced to fighting the Greens for third place while…
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The Trump administration’s announcements of a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports and 25 percent tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada (all currently in some holding pattern) have led…
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At a recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell claimed that the Fed’s flexible average inflation targeting (FAIT) framework did not contribute to the post-pandemic inflation surge. There was…
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In the 2022 BBC show Inside Man, Stanley Tucci’s character (Jefferson Grieff), an inmate on death row, says something dramatic about murder: “There are moments that make murderers of us…