Clifford Thies

Across the pond, they’re soon to hold an election. Polls indicate that the Conservatives, under Boris Johnson, have a lead.

“Mattress Mack” bet a total of $13 million on the Houston Astros winning the World Series, not because he’s such a fan, but to cover his business losses if that were to happen.

Judging from the apoplectic reaction of the American media, U.S. President Donald Trump was spectacular at  the just-concluded G7 conference.

In a country that is both democratic and socialistic, we might suspect that crafty politicians will run for office by promising more and more free stuff.

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island is, geographically, the size of Delaware, but with a much smaller population.

When Congressze Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced the Green New Deal earlier this year, she said we had only 12 years to save the planet.

The Daily Caller is running an endearing story about a 56-year old Philadelphia woman who is on disability and who has been endorsed by the city’s Republican Party in their upcoming primary for mayor.

“Back when I was a kid, a minimum-wage job could support a family of three. Today, a full-time minimum-wage job in America won’t keep a mama and a baby out of poverty.”

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the new face of the progressive left, says she wants socialism as it is practiced in Norway and Sweden, not as it is or was practiced in the Soviet Union, Cuba or Venezuela.

In a recent article, Cody Cook, et al. examine a detailed dataset covering more than a million Uber drivers.

No single party or pre-election coalition received enough votes to enter parliament with a majority coalition, in the just concluded Italian general election.

The fact-checkers checked, and found that this was a “fact” cited by Donald Trump that wasn’t an exaggeration or outright false.

Do people become losers because they get inked, or do they get inked because they’re losers. Which came first? The tattoo or being a loser?