Trinh Thi Ngo (“Hanoi Hannah”), broadcaster for Voice of Vietnam, was 87 THE voice was faint, for the signal was weak between Hanoi and the Central Highlands. The Economist | From the print edition | Oct 13th 2016 Nonetheless, at 8pm Saigon time, after a day spent avoiding mantraps and pursuing the ever-elusive Vietcong, GIs […]

Government is in an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. It’s tough enough to pay taxes but making out the income tax forms seems to make it worse. They use to say that the only thing the government didn’t tax was taxes. Then President Johnson invented the surtax. . . , the power to […]

The leaning tower of San Francisco is not the only part of California that is sinking. More than 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of the Central valley are irrigated via an extensive system of reservoirs and canals. After a five-year drought, the reservoirs are drying up. The farmers in the central valley, the bread basket of the […]

by R.J. Rummel Democide: Mass Murder by Government The line, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you,” takes on new meaning after reading R.J. Rummel’s devastating Death By Government. This century, estimates the University of Hawaii political scientist, the State has killed almost 170 million people. Death by Government is a compelling study of […]

Dr. Rosen:      We have just survived an historic election. There was a lot of name calling and confrontation. The looseness of Mrs. Clinton’s management of classified and top secret security information was well delineated by the Mr. Comey of the FBI. He declined to prosecute her. Do we understand why? Dr. Edwards:  I think Mr. […]

U.S. Officials Finalize Rule for Medicare Payments to Doctors By Melanie Evans | WSJ | Oct. 14, 2016 Federal health officials on Friday finalized a new rule for how Medicare pays U.S. doctors, part of a broader push by the White House to overhaul federal health spending. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released […]

By MELANIE EVANS | WSJ | Oct. 19, 2016 More than 80% of the money that Medicare paid to chiropractors in 2013 went for medically unnecessary procedures, a new federal audit found. The federal insurance program for senior citizens spent roughly $359 million on unnecessary chiropractic care that year for treatment of strains, sprains or joint […]

Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2016 by Bacchus Barua, Ingrid Timmermans, Ian Nason, and Nadeem Esmail Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the data examined suggest […]

San Francisco’s newest high rise has tilted 6 feet in 6 years. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is more than five meters off perpendicular after 800 years. The leaning tower of Pisa is located next to the Cathedral of Pisa, in Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of miracles) in the city of Pisa, Italy. It was […]

Why Patriarchy once made economic sense By Cathy Reisenwitz PATRIARCHY IS ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT CONCEPT FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN ECONOMICS Patriarchy describes the way ideas around gender, specifically performance and expectations inhibit economic, educational, and personal growth. In other words, patriarchy is the word for systemic sexism. Okay, but sexism works both ways. Actually, […]