What’s standing in America’s way of returning to the top of the world’s economic pedestal? According to Dr. Yaron Brook, it’s government regulations and our own conscience. Brook, President of the Ayn Rand Institute, gave a lecture introducing a case for pure ideological capitalism called “Capitalism Without Guilt: A Moral Case for Freedom” that captured [...]
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A Closer Look Into Presidential Campaign Finance
It is widely known that the road to the White House is paved with dollar bills. Raising money is one of the most important tasks for any candidate and often the candidate with the most money is the one elected. With the upcoming Presidential race expected between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, the case is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Obama’s Surprising World Bank Presidential Nominee
Jim Yong Kim, the co-founder of Partners in Health, has recently captured world-wide attention not because of his work in the public health sector, but rather because of his new title: World Bank President-nominee. After weeks of speculation, many were surprised when Obama announced Kim as the nominated successor to current World Bank President Robert [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Is Pinterest the Next Social Media Phenomenon?
Nic Adler is not your typical Pinterest user. As owner of The Roxy Theatre, a popular and historic nightclub in Los Angeles, Adler is more in tune with heady rockstars, popular DJs and up and coming indie acts than the cake recipes and fashion accessories “pinned” on the online scrapbook. He is also a rare [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Why Certain MLB Teams Can Afford Star Players and Others Cannot
Major League Baseball’s “Hot Stove” season is heating up. Former three time National League MVP Albert Pujols recently signed a ten-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, worth over $250 million. Even some of the league’s poorer teams have chosen to spend big this winter. The Miami Marlins committed nearly $200 million so [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How to Properly Compensate NCAA Athletes
In recent weeks, the NCAA has passed new regulations allowing to compensate athletes for competing on their respective collegiate teams. The NCAA’s regulations are an attempt to allow student athletes to have a lifestyle similar to typical college students by increasing academic requirements and giving each athlete $2000 of spending money. Another goal of these [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Behind the Great Firewall
The Great Wall of China has long been recognized as the biggest wall in the world. Nevertheless, it seems that China is still not satisfied with this fact and has spent more than a decade on putting up another wall, which is often called, the Great Firewall. The real name for the Great Firewall is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A Failure of Bipartisanship in Congress
A “supercommittee” that was drafted to cut the country’s deficit by $1.2 trillion has failed after months of deliberation. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash.) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas), the co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, said in a statement, “After months of hard work [...]
Read the rest of this entry »America’s Two “Brain Drains”
America needs to clog the brain drains that are sucking up its top students. Many of America’s best and brightest students are applying their talent in ways that hurt, rather than profit America. There are two main so-called “brain drains” weakening America as college students graduate: the return of international students to their homelands and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »How the NBA Lockout Came to Be
The 2011 NBA lockout may be over within a matter of days, or even hours. Or, the 2011-12 NBA season could be over just as quickly. After yet another set of failed negotiations this past weekend, NBA commissioner David Stern gave an ultimatum. The players had until Wednesday, November 9 at 5:00 p.m. EST to [...]
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