Clifford Thies
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At the time that the Europeans arrived here, there were maybe 100 million Buffalo lumbering about.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
The Greening of Prince Edward Island
by Clifford Thies April 22, 2019The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island is, geographically, the size of Delaware, but with a much smaller population.
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Jordan Peterson, a professor of psychology and a psychotherapist, is taking the world by storm.
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Budgets/Taxes
The Negative Income Tax and Income Security in a Complex World
by Clifford Thies February 25, 2019The 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.
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It’s amusing the way the media feels it necessary to treat whatever Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says as serious political economy.
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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.
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During the Obama years, critics of the administration pointed to falling labor force participation as the primary “cause” of the falling unemployment rate.
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No single party or pre-election coalition received enough votes to enter parliament with a majority coalition, in the just concluded Italian general election.
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During the past month, three parliamentary-style democracies held national elections: Norway, New Zealand and most recently Germany.
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EconomicsFeatured
Have Tattoos? Well … Study Says: Lower Your Professional Expectations
by Clifford Thies October 8, 2017Do 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?
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Houston / Harris County has two enormous “dry reservoirs,” along with several hundred (regular) reservoirs, bayous, stream beds and other infrastructure designed to collect the water of torrential rainfalls to prevent flooding.
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It’s not enough that Lincoln gave his life in the cause of freedom, because, after all, he was white.
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The Republicans in the Senate have rolled out Ryancare 3.0.