Personalized Learning Buzz Mounts With Help From Gates And Zuckerberg
News of redoubled efforts from billionaire investors, pushback from the rank and file in teachers’ unions, and major studies from … Read more
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Amazon Faces Union Pressure In Whole Foods Merger
A major union with members in the retail food industry released a letter Monday calling for a federal review into … Read more
The ‘Big Oil’ Lie
Over the past several years this false narrative that business is inherently evil has steadily crept into the social conscious. … Read more
As Appalachia Struggles With Opioid Addiction, Minnesota Battles Meth Surge
To say opioid addiction has spiked is an understatement. Over the course of the past few years, heroin addiction has … Read more
Making Venture Capital Work in Cleantech
Venture capital firms generally focus more on greenbacks than green energy. After a brief spurt of interest about six years … Read more
Patients With Mental Health Disorders Receive More Opioids
People with anxiety and depression are disproportionately prescribed painkillers. That’s what new research from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center suggests, adding … Read more
Rust Belt No Longer: Chemical Plants Bringing Manufacturing Jobs Back to Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio–Youngstown seems like the heart of the rust belt, a former steel town with a strong union presence that … Read more
UN’s Massive Scam Spending
Listening to grave pronouncements of U.N. officials these last few weeks, things certainly don’t sound pretty. Proposed budget cuts to … Read more
Bitcoins Lead To A Smarter, Safer Future
The price of a bitcoin recently crossed $3,000 for the first time. While it has since retreated, the price is … Read more
Fossil Fuels’ Benefits Far Higher Than Social Cost, Study Finds
President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord and to repeal several Obama-era executive … Read more
Moral hazard, Easy money and cheap credit have never led to a happy ending
Moral hazard, easy money and cheap credit have never produced good results. History is littered with examples of financial disaster … Read more
House Passes Bill to Rein in Obama-Era Wall Street Regulations
House Republicans passed a measure Thursday designed to rein in regulations that were implemented in response to the financial crisis. … Read more
The Electric Car Is Rolling Into American Life
U.S. transportation is about to get a mighty electric shock. The days of the internal combustion engine are numbered. The … Read more
Qualcomm Investigation Can Maintain U.S. Supremacy On Global IP Rights
In an astonishingly short time, the United States ascended from subject colony to the most powerful, prosperous, scientifically innovative and … Read more
Congress Grills Intelligence Chiefs Over Americans Spied On Under Expiring NSA Powers
Lawmakers went after intelligence community leaders in the Senate Wednesday for again failing to provide Congress with an estimate of … Read more