By Mario H. Lopez, Hispanic Leadership Fund More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and the array of challenges that it has wrought for Americans of all walks of life, one area that has met this unique challenge and demonstrated resiliency is our broadband networks. The Internet infrastructure has been largely successful in […]
Month: March 2021
RealClearScience – Biocontrol: A Novel Solution to Agricultural Pests
Note: This article was written by Dr. David Sands, a Professor of Plant Pathology, specializing in Bacteriology, Biocontrol, Nutritious Crops, and Bioprecipitation at Montana State University, and published in RealClearScience on March 30, 2021. Read the full article here. Delayed by the pandemic for nearly a year, the Kenyan government has at last […]
Investing is like chess – not roulette
By Rainer Zitelmann, TES Contributor GameStop punters, crypto-enthusiasts and many newcomers to the stock market do not understand the difference between investing and gambling. For them the capital market is like a casino. There are many legendary stories of people who struck it rich on the stock market almost overnight. But you rarely […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Stimulus conditions kneecap state tax cuts
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor We desperately need Spring in Washington. You know, a moderate season. We currently are faced with the political versions of extreme climate — and we, the poor American people, are caught in the middle. How about some moderate temperatures, some flowers, gentle rain, baseball even? Just as Spring […]
Landmark Court Battle for COVID-19 Treatment
By Justus R. Hope, MD The legal war for access to the life-saving drug Ivermectin is being waged both in the United States and South Africa. The US battle is led by Buffalo, New York attorney Ralph C. Lorigo while Bongani Luthuli fights in Johannesburg. Mr. Lorigo made national news when he won a […]
Glass-Steagall Is the Wrong Approach for Regulating Big Tech
By Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute As Washington continues its anti-consumer war on big tech, Chair of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, David Cicilline (D-RI 01), and other trustbusters have called for a Glass-Steagall law to regulate tech companies. Despite the attractiveness of a Glass-Steagall law for big tech, it would only inflict unnecessary harm […]
An Unintended Consequence of Anti‐Price Gouging Legislation?
By Ryan Bourne, courtesy of the Cato Institute Cato scholars have written extensively on the damaging impacts of anti‐price gouging laws during emergencies. Traditionally, we worry about ongoing shortages of goods as a result of market price rises being prevented or suppressed. This consequence is likely to be more significant during COVID-19 than after very localized, […]
Aye, and Begorrah, a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, a Pint of Stout, a Tip of the Leprechaun’s Hat and A Pot of Gold
By Ralph Benko Let’s pause today to raise a pint to the Teen Titans, to leprechauns, to gold and to the gold standard’s key to equitable prosperity. Yikes, this just in! Turns out that, reportedly, the Teen Titans are neo-Keynesians! And here I had always thought them to be the good guys! Yet […]
For the Sake of Independent Contractors, Reject the PRO Act
Edward Longe, American Consumer Institute On the same day the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed the largest stimulus package in American history, they also passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO) of 2021. While the stimulus package was the focus of press attention, the PRO act could upend millions of independent contractors’ […]
UK’s “Test and Trace” an expensive, pointless bungle
“Test and Trace: At what cost?” By Joe Ventre, courtesy of Taxpayers’ Alliance NHS Test and Trace has become the latest arena for the debate around wasteful government spending. The recent report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) doesn’t pull its punches, and offers some damning insights. After the bizarre initial decision to pursue a centralised approach […]