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from American Military News
Media/News Company in New York, NY
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
Antitrust regulation (and the term “regulation” is important to include) represents one of the largest, most visible, but widely condoned bipartisan interventions into free competitive enterprise. The implication fostered is that the federal government is automatically an impartial protector of markets rather than an impediment to that end. We run the risk now of regulators gaining greater power and prestige as a century-old policy from the smokestack era potentially gains new strength in the age of Google, Amazon, and Facebook. Regulation of business structure and deals in bricks and mortar didn’t and doesn’t typically make sense nor protect consumers, since a look back shows prices declining and output expanding without “antitrust” law.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Would Warren Want Trump to Have the Power to Revoke Amazon or Facebook's Charter?
When politicians make calls to have government control over something, like corporate charters, they don't always seem to understand that that power could also be wielded by people they don't agree with.
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from Forbes
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, American business magazine
Perhaps the most misunderstood agricultural product on the market today, industrial hemp is seeing a surge of growth among U.S. agriculture producers now planting the crop in record numbers, often replacing staples like soy, corn and tobacco. With growing interest from farmers looking for more profitable harvests — and support from power brokers like U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pushing for legalization — the legislative scales may be tipping in favor of freeing hemp from federal prohibition as early as this year.
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from Intellectual Takeout
Nonprofit Organization in Bloomington, Minnesota
Thomas Jefferson Had Some Issues with Newspapers
Thomas Jefferson truly believed that a free people require a free press. On the other hand, he really loathed newspapers, as illustrated by 10 quotes.
Pedophilia & the Pope: Did He Cover It Up?
It is no light matter to allege or outright accuse any man, let alone the Pope, of covering up pedophilia. What is before you is an account of the outbreak of the current sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and the events that have led to questions about what Pope Francis knew and when he knew it. In the ongoing drama, something that could become the greatest crisis in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year-old history, there are hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands of pages of materials to review. While the piece below is long, it is meant to bring readers up to speed on the scandals to better understand the allegations against Pope Francis and other leaders within the Catholic Church. In his 11-page account, Viganò ultimately calls for the resignation of Pope Francis.
Thomas Jefferson Had Some Issues with Newspapers
Thomas Jefferson truly believed that a free people require a free press. On the other hand, he really loathed newspapers, as illustrated by 10 quotes.
Pedophilia & the Pope: Did He Cover It Up?
It is no light matter to allege or outright accuse any man, let alone the Pope, of covering up pedophilia. What is before you is an account of the outbreak of the current sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and the events that have led to questions about what Pope Francis knew and when he knew it. In the ongoing drama, something that could become the greatest crisis in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year-old history, there are hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands of pages of materials to review. While the piece below is long, it is meant to bring readers up to speed on the scandals to better understand the allegations against Pope Francis and other leaders within the Catholic Church. In his 11-page account, Viganò ultimately calls for the resignation of Pope Francis.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Given that the US military is one of the primary means by which the US government can exert its own coercive force, it seems a bit odd to think that one can simultaneously be "pro-military" while also being for gun rights designed to "balance a tyrannical force here." The fact that many Americans today think it is possible to be both pro-Second Amendment and pro-military at the same time would have struck many Americans of the Revolutionary period as exceptionally odd. After all, at the time of the ratification of the new Constitution — and the writing of the Second Amendment — Americans were notable for their opposition to a permanent and powerful military force — especially in the form of a so-called "standing army." In the US, as in England, the proper role of military power consisted only in protecting lanes of commerce and in a strictly defensive military. In their minds, this did not preclude a large and strong navy, but it did preclude any nationally-controlled military force capable of occupying cities and enforcing the will of the central government.
Last month marked the 70th anniversary of the creation of the National Health Service, Britain’s government-run monopoly healthcare provider. Since its creation, during the wave of nationalisations undertaken by the post-WWII Labour government of Clement Attlee, one of the most consistent themes in the history of the NHS has been its ongoing failure to keep pace with the healthcare systems of similarly developed countries. Indeed, the 70th birthday of the institution which has been called “the closest thing the English have to a religion” was marked by a string of articles in the mainstream press highlighting the shocking degree to which Britain’s socialist health system is failing to meet the needs of its patients. Can technology lessen the deadly wait times and lack of service that comes with Britain's sclerotic state health system?
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from Psephizo (Blog)
Did the Syrophoenician woman teach Jesus to be Jesus?
The episode of Jesus’ encounter with the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7.24–30 often brings readers up short, containing as it does what appears to be a rather shocking insult. Jesus is seeking to withdraw from public attention, needing some time for rest and recuperation, but (as characteristic of his portayal in Mark’s gospel) he is unable to keep his presence secret. A woman approaches him to ask for deliverance for her daughter and (Mark having emphasised her pagan gentile credentials), Jesus appears to insult her with a racial slur by calling her a ‘dog’. Yet her stubborn faith persists, and her clever response to Jesus’ ‘insult’ persuades him to act, so her daughter is delivered and healed.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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from USA Today
My family escaped socialism, now my fellow Democrats think we should move the party in its direction
Democratic socialism is a lot like the system my family fled, except its proponents promise to be nicer when seizing your business. Cuba’s socialist revolution was supposed to work for workers — like my grandparents who lived in Miami during Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship. In January 1959, just two weeks after Fidel Castro seized power, they returned to the island to care for my grandmother’s ailing mother. For the next 20 years, they remained prisoners in their own country.
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from The Washington Free Beacon
Website in Arlington, Virginia
NPR: Department of Education Wildly Overstates Number of School-Related Shootings in New Survey
The Department of Education reported there were 235 school-related shootings in the United States during the 2015-16 school year, but NPR could confirm less than 5 percent of the incidents occurred in a new report. Of the 235 school-related shooting incidents, NPR only confirmed 11 of them. It reported 161 schools or school districts told NPR no shootings had occurred, four were miscategorized, and 59 could not be either confirmed or unconfirmed by NPR.
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from WND (World Net Daily)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Source: Chinese front company hacked Hillary's server
The private email server through which Hillary Clinton transmitted classified information as secretary of state was hacked by a Chinese-owned company, according to sources briefed on the matter who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Source: Chinese front company hacked Hillary's server
The private email server through which Hillary Clinton transmitted classified information as secretary of state was hacked by a Chinese-owned company, according to sources briefed on the matter who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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