“One possibility relates to a distrust of government or belief in freedom that contributes to both vaccination preferences and increased traffic risks,” say the authors of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Risk of a Traffic Crash, published by the American Journal of Medicine but authored by a trio in Canada.
The “Elf on the Shelf” toy has become a popular Christmas tradition in many households, with the small figurine serving as a mischievous scout for Santa Claus, reporting back on the behavior of children during the holiday season. However, some people have raised concerns that the toy may be conditioning children to accept the concept of surveillance, particularly in light of recent debates over government surveillance and privacy.
We have enough data, including the November figures, to conclude that the U.S. economy continues to stagnate, that price inflation is far from being under control, and, more significantly, that Keynesian policies do not produce the effects its promoters believe they do.
Federal government debt increased by more than $2 trillion in fiscal year 2022, from $28.429 trillion at the beginning of the year to $30.929 trillion at the end. (The fiscal year ends on September 30.) One way to lower the burden of that debt is to inflate it away, and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing over the past year. The national debt is, by some measures, less of a burden on the economy at the end of the fiscal year than it was at the beginning.
I’ve had some recent correspondence from a friend in Georgia (the former Soviet Republic, not the home of the Bulldogs) who had some interesting observations on how Russians have reacted to the war and how it has affected Georgia.
It’s no secret that interest rates rose sharply in 2022. After sitting on its hands for more than a year, President Biden’s inflation forced the Federal Reserve into action. Its response was to hike interest rates; now, its interest rate hikes are biting into the economy.
Walter E. Williams titled one of his books, More Liberty Means Less Government. Less government means less government intervention, less government extraction, less government spending, and less government employment. More liberty means less government.
A recent social media post by former U.S. President Donald Trump called for the termination of the U.S. Constitution, or parts thereof, giving new meaning to cancel culture. The post brought to mind a passage from Cato’s Letters.
A common literary storytelling device uses an off-page (or off-screen) character to drive a story’s plot and character arc. Readers usually never see these characters. They typically appear as ghosts, in dreams, or as memories. While they don’t always interact directly with the characters, their presence is known and influences decisions.
New Twitter boss Elon Musk is exposing how the federal government outsourced censorship duties to social media platforms. Musk’s Tweet of “my pronouns are/Prosecute Fauci” drew more than one million “likes,” and the billionaire and his followers have a case.
