A Backwards History Of Money
There is a problem with this approach. It proceeds largely through speculative reconstruction of distant antiquity while overlooking the fully-documented monetary revolutions of the modern age.
Opinion
The tippinsights opinion section reflects articles where our individual authors or individual groups (from anywhere on the political spectrum) utilize our data to make compelling arguments.
The Tax Rule Keeping Millions Of Homes Off the Market
Larry Kudlow argues that updating the capital gains tax for inflation and raising the home-sale exemption would encourage more homeowners to sell, boost housing supply, and strengthen economic growth.
When Will Obama Say, ‘What’s Happened To My Party?’
In 2013, Obama said, ” … nobody questions the efficacy of market economies in terms of producing wealth and innovation and keeping us competitive.”
Victor’s Letter To Mamdani: You’re A Product Of Privilege, At Least Act Grateful
He’s only worth 100 million bucks. That is so racist. And he has four mansions.
Immigration Enforcement Finally Arrives, And It’s Long Overdue
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 10,000 people over a five-day stretch at the end of June, roughly 2,000 arrests a day, close to double the pace tracked in recent months
Consolidating Federal Power Under The Civil Rights Act 1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower introduced the Civil Rights Bill of 1957 his stated aim was to protect black voters in the South from being discriminated against in elections
Why The NATO Summit In Ankara Matters To The US
The summit is taking place in Ankara, Turkey, on July 7 and 8, marking Turkey’s second time hosting a NATO summit.
Congress And Insider Trading: The Rules Don’t Apply When You Make The Rules
They write laws governing entire industries, receive classified briefings about policy decisions before they’re public, and sit on committees with direct oversight authority over the sectors they’re trading. Most of them keep trading.
Congress Can Still Ban Birthright Citizenship. Here’s How.
Moreover, on a prosaic level, the court’s majority botched the basic constitutional question.
Obscenity Is Still Illegal—It’s Time To Enforce Laws Against Pornography
Porn once confined to seedy bookstores is now ubiquitous, free, and increasingly violent. Most youngsters, especially boys, encounter hardcore pornography before they can drive.
Let’s Leave The Strait Of Hormuz Alone
The US attack on Iran was sold to Trump by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and US neocons as an easy “cake walk” that would lead the Iranian government to fall and be replaced with a US-friendly regime.
The Taqiyya Communists
The Democratic socialists are dissembling much the same way that Islamists use taqiyya, a doctrine of duplicity, to cover their fundamentalist beliefs so they can fit in with the West.
No Paine, No Declaration
Thomas Paine did not sign any of the founding documents, either the Declaration or the Constitution.
America’s Libertarian Revolution
It was a true people’s war against British rule. The American rebels could certainly not have concluded the first successful war of national liberation in history, a war against the world’s greatest naval and military power, unless they had commanded the support of the American people.
Israel’s Days Are Numbered
According to the Jerusalem Times 78 percent of Israelis want to continue the war with Iran. A Pew Research Center poll found that 73 percent of Israelis think the slaughter in Gaza is about right or should be ramped up even more.