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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Why the UK Suddenly Is Suffering from a Physician Shortage
If only someone had warned them. UK tax policy intended to soak the rich has caused highly specialized physicians and surgeons to retire early, depriving more than a million citizens of their services. A new report details the extent to which progressive taxation has harmed British patients.
Why the UK Suddenly Is Suffering from a Physician Shortage
If only someone had warned them. UK tax policy intended to soak the rich has caused highly specialized physicians and surgeons to retire early, depriving more than a million citizens of their services. A new report details the extent to which progressive taxation has harmed British patients.
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from Mises Institute
from Imprimis, a Publication of Hillsdale College
Publisher in Hillsdale, Michigan
The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
Once upon a time, the Electoral College was not controversial. During the debates over ratifying the Constitution, Anti-Federalist opponents of ratification barely mentioned it. But by the mid-twentieth century, opponents of the Electoral College nearly convinced Congress to propose an amendment to scrap it. And today, more than a dozen states have joined in an attempt to hijack the Electoral College as a way to force a national popular vote for president.
Once upon a time, the Electoral College was not controversial. During the debates over ratifying the Constitution, Anti-Federalist opponents of ratification barely mentioned it. But by the mid-twentieth century, opponents of the Electoral College nearly convinced Congress to propose an amendment to scrap it. And today, more than a dozen states have joined in an attempt to hijack the Electoral College as a way to force a national popular vote for president.
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RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED
Europe's Strength Lies In the True Diversity of Its Nations
When Britain decided to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016, shockwaves undoubtedly went through Brussels and Europe in general. The EU has, of course, been going through many crises over the last decades, and especially in the years of the euro crisis, dissatisfaction was high in many member states. But the fact that one of the largest and most important member states decided to leave the project outright was a precedent.
Fascism Has Always Been An Enemy of Private Property
The Left and mainstream political science identify Italian fascism and German national socialism as a right-wing ideology. Their motivation is clear — they do not want to be associated with regimes that brought civilization the horror and suffering of an unprecedented scale. The Left traditionally substantiates their point of view with two theoretical propositions. First of all, fascism and Nazism do not belong to the Left because those regimes did not institute total collective ownership on means of production as Marx prescribed. Secondly, nationalism and racism have traditionally been features of the Right, whereas the Left is perceived to be internationalist in nature. The first argument put forward by the Left should be rebuffed along with the following reasoning. First of all, Italian Fascism and National Socialism belong to the Left as they are incarnations of the non-Marxian socialism that utilized collectivization of consciousness rather than the socialization of private property as the primary path toward socialism. Secondly, state control over the economy will ultimately lead to the socialization of private property, which will make the state de jure owner. The supposed exclusive nationalism and racism of the Right is a political myth propelled by the vicious leftist propaganda. No firm historical facts suggest that nationalism is a particular characteristic of the Right. On the contrary, as proponents of the free market, the Right promote an international division of labor and trade. At the same time, institutionalized regimes of the Left, including Italian Fascism and German National-Socialism, implemented an economy of national autarky. Italian Fascism and German Nazism constitute anti-materialist, anti-positivist current of the socialist movement, which was extremely hostile toward ideas of Marxism and democratic socialism. Nevertheless, they shared a continuum bench of the socialist team. Communists occupy the extreme left, followed by the Social Democrats; the right flank belongs to fascists and Nazis — they are the right wing of the Left.
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from The Orca News & Media Website in B.C.
Where is Canada's oldest surviving synagogue? Not Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, or any of our country's oldest cities in the east - but Victoria.
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from San Francisco Chronicle
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Sue Lani Madsen: Conspiracy thinking, nostalgia don’t solve gentrification
According to author P.E. Moskowitz, “gentrification is not an accident … it’s a purposeful set of actions to turn cities from communities into commodities.” Moskowitz was featured in a forum a week ago sponsored by Councilwoman Kate Burke on “Growing the Better Way” to discuss gentrification in Spokane.
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Sue Lani Madsen: Conspiracy thinking, nostalgia don’t solve gentrification
According to author P.E. Moskowitz, “gentrification is not an accident … it’s a purposeful set of actions to turn cities from communities into commodities.” Moskowitz was featured in a forum a week ago sponsored by Councilwoman Kate Burke on “Growing the Better Way” to discuss gentrification in Spokane.
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