Center on Wealth & Poverty
The panicked response of world financial markets in the days following the recent Brexit vote has left the impression that the British decision to leave the European Union will harm the British, U.S., and world economies. Overwrought commentators lamenting Britain’s “senseless, self-inflicted blow” (The Economist) and “isolationist catastrophe” (the Los Angeles Times) have only added to that impression. This quickly Read More ›
If Americans were shocked by the recent terrorist massacre in Orlando committed by Omar Mateen in the name of ISIS and other Islamist jihadis, they should be even more alarmed by the Obama administration’s response, which once again sought to obfuscate the role of Islamist ideology in motivating that terrorist attack — the largest on U.S. soil since 9/11 In Read More ›
Within 24 hours of the nightclub massacre in Orlando committed by Islamist terrorist Omar Mateen, reports came out that the perpetrator had been a person of interest known by the FBI. In 2013 Mateen was interviewed twice by the FBI after he had made inflammatory comments to workplace colleagues asserting his ties to ISIS. In 2014 he was questioned again Read More ›
When James Comey became the chief U.S. law enforcement officer in 2013 as FBI director, swearing to “faithfully discharge the duties of the office … without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion,” he probably never thought he would face indicting the heir apparent leader of the party under which he would serve. The facts regarding former Secretary of State Read More ›
When James Comey became the chief U.S. law-enforcement officer in 2013 as FBI director, swearing to “faithfully discharge the duties of the office,” “without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion,” he probably never thought he would face indicting the heir apparent leader of the party under which he would serve. The facts regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s actions Read More ›
When James Comey became the chief U.S. law-enforcement officer in 2013 as FBI director, he probably never thought he would face indicting the heir apparent leader of the party under which he would serve. The facts regarding presumptive Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton’s actions surrounding the use of an unsecure private email server for conducting government business show that she violated Read More ›
How will the next wave of fundamental scientific advancement be unleashed? Will America lead this new scientific revolution, or be a sideline spectator? And how might commonly held theories of today be viewed in the near and distance future? Dr. Carver Mead, Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), is joined by Discovery Read More ›
When James Comey was appointed FBI Director by President Obama, he became the “hands on” chief law enforcement officer of the U.S. As he laid his hand on the Bible and recited his oath of office on September 4, 2013, swearing to “faithfully discharge the duties of the office… without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion,” Mr. Comey never thought Read More ›
Vermont senator and self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Bernie Sanders vanquished Hillary Clinton in West Virginia last week with more than 51 percent of the vote, to Mrs. Clinton’s 36 percent. The average Appalachian coal miner is not a socialist. Mr. Sanders won because Mrs. Clinton foolishly pledged to destroy the coal industry. Hence, according to a CBS News poll, 44 percent Read More ›
July 4th, also known as Independence Day, is a much more lighthearted and festive American holiday — with cookouts, parades, beach and boating parties and fireworks — than other patriotic holidays such Memorial Day or Veterans Day. Most people forget that when the 56 members of the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they were in fact Read More ›