When the US military decided to replace the 1911 pistol as its standard sidearm, many firearm enthusiasts were apoplectic. The military’s decision to replace the vaunted .45 with a 9mm pistol was seen as a repudiation of all the reasons the military had decided on the .45 in the first place. But the pistol with […]
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Aside from foreign policy, the major area in which modern conservatives deviate from the views of the Founding Fathers is in their support for police. Conservatives today have a love affair with police, viewing them often as the “thin blue line” protecting civilization from savage criminals. But modern policing is so far removed from the […]
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Aside from foreign policy, the major area in which modern conservatives deviate from the views of the Founding Fathers is in their support for police. Conservatives today have a love affair with police, viewing them often as the “thin blue line” protecting civilization from savage criminals. But modern policing is so far removed from the […]
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If you’ve ever been a guest at a Starwood hotel (W, St. Regis, Sheraton, Weston, etc.), you might want to start taking a closer look at your credit card statements and keep a watch out for identity theft. Marriott, which purchased Starwood in 2016, just announced a massive data breach of the Starwood guest database, […]
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If you’ve ever been a guest at a Starwood hotel (W, St. Regis, Sheraton, Weston, etc.), you might want to start taking a closer look at your credit card statements and keep a watch out for identity theft. Marriott, which purchased Starwood in 2016, just announced a massive data breach of the Starwood guest database, […]
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The one major step that would both herald the arrival of cryptocurrency as a viable currency and hasten its adoption by the mainstream is its acceptance for tax payments. Just as the paper dollar was only finally accepted by merchants and individuals once it became a means of payment for taxes and duties, so too […]
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Russia has announced its decision to forgo use of the US dollar in response to US sanctions against the country. While the Russian government would prefer not to have to take that measure, it feels that it has no option, seeing what has happened to Iran and not wishing to be cut off from world […]
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For nearly 80 years the Social Security system in the United States has been paying benefits to retirees. Generations of Americans have grown up and gone to work in the expectation that the Social Security taxes they paid throughout their careers will be repaid with interest once they retire. But as demographic changes alter the […]
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Give President Trump credit – he isn’t one to kowtow to precedent. While previous Presidents have been reluctant to call out the Federal Reserve in public, preferring to criticize the Fed behind the scenes and call Fed Chairmen to the carpet privately, Trump is taking his campaign against the Fed public. It’s just too bad […]
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Give President Trump credit – he isn’t one to kowtow to precedent. While previous Presidents have been reluctant to call out the Federal Reserve in public, preferring to criticize the Fed behind the scenes and call Fed Chairmen to the carpet privately, Trump is taking his campaign against the Fed public. It’s just too bad […]
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