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May 06 2020
Opinion
Science and the Constitution say: End the lockdowns
Across the nation, protesters are taking to the streets and business owners are filing lawsuits objecting to the shutdown rules. As the shutdown drags on, it’s causing job losses, bankruptcies and a sense that people are being robbed of their rights.
The liberal media label the protesters virus deniers. But the protesters have science and the US Constitution on their side.
Not to
New York Post (News)
Oct 14 2020
Analysis
The Supreme Court just let the Trump administration shut down the census early
Low-income people and minorities are now more likely to go uncounted.
The Supreme Court handed down a brief, unsigned order on Tuesday that is likely to shut down the 2020 census count. Only Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented publicly from the Court’s order in Ross v. National Urban League, although it is possible that as many as two other justices dissented without making that dissent
Vox
Sep 04 2020
Analysis
NSA Ruling Reminds Us That Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security Is a Bipartisan Impulse
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit yesterday ruled that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records was illegal and probably unconstitutional. For Democrats who see Donald Trump as an unprecedented threat because of his disregard for the Constitution, the decision is a useful reminder that sacrificing civil liberties on the altar of national
Reason
Sep 04 2020
Analysis
US job growth slowly continues following pandemic losses
The good news is, the U.S. economy continues to add new jobs and slowly recover from the brutal losses from earlier this year. The bad news is, we still have a long way to go.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report for August this morning.
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1.4 million in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of
MSNBC
Jun 27 2020
News
Why one strategist is actually encouraged by a spike in new U.S. coronavirus cases
It is just the nature of the market that the coronavirus pandemic has forced every fund manager and analyst to become an amateur epidemiologist.
So here are some of the COVID-19 thoughts of Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies. He is actually encouraged by the latest week of coronavirus data that has seen cases spike outside of the New York metropolitan area.
MarketWatch
Jan 21 2020
Opinion
Why Are So Many Young People Unhappy?
Here are some unhappy statistics:
-- In America between 1946 and 2006, the suicide rate quadrupled for males ages 15 to 24 and doubled for females the same age.
-- In 1950, the suicide rate per 100,000 Americans was 11.4. In 2017, it was 14.
-- According to Grant Duwe, director of research and evaluation at the Minnesota Department of Corrections, in the 1980s, there were
Dennis Prager
Oct 10 2016
News
Clinton Campaign Email Outlines Effort “To Produce an Unaware and Compliant Citizenry”
A Clinton campaign email released as part of the Wikileaks data dump earlier today talks about the need to maintain political power by producing “an unaware and compliant citizenry”.
InfoWars
Sep 03 2020
News
U.S. workers filed 881K claims for jobless benefits last week
The numbers are not directly comparable to previous weeks because of a change the Labor Department made in how it calculates the claims.
More than 880,000 people filed new applications for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.
The numbers are not directly comparable to previous weeks because of a change the Labor Department made in how it
Politico
Dec 21 2016
News
Percentage of Young Americans Living With Parents Rises to 75-Year High
Almost 40% of young Americans were living with their parents, siblings or other relatives in 2015, the largest percentage since 1940, according to an analysis of census data by real estate tracker Trulia.
Wall Street Journal (News)