Goldman Sachs announced last month that its investment in a Utah preschool program had helped 109 “at-risk” kindergartners avoid special education. The investment also resulted in a $260,000 payout for the Wall Street firm, the first of many payments that is expected from the investment. Yet since the Utah results were disclosed, questions have emerged about whether … Read more
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No one who knows him thinks he wants to weaken the regulatory agency he has been chosen to lead. But he has deeper ties to the pharmaceutical industry than any FDA commissioner in recent memory, and some public health advocates question whether his background could tilt him in the direction of an industry he would be … Read more
If you’re like me, and a brief attempt to watch last night’s Democratic debate was thwarted in less than thirty minutes due to the relentless and unwatchable heaping pile of bullshit that it was, never fear. ReasonTV has complied the debate’s three best and worst moments. Like this post? Donate bitcoins: 35DBUbbAQHTqbDaAc5mAaN6BqwA2AxuE7G Follow me on Twitter.
I came here today, because I believe from the bottom of my heart that it is vitally important for those of us who hold different views to be able to engage in a civil discourse. It is easy to go out and talk to people who agree with you…that’s not hard to do. That’s what … Read more
Jesus College, Cambridge hosted, once more, the world’s leading Symposium on Economic Crime, and over 500 distinguished speakers and panelists drawn from the widest possible international fora, gathered to make presentations to the many hundreds of delegates and attendees. What became very quickly clear this year was the general sense of deep disgust and repugnance that was … Read more
During a recent interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Bernie Sanders exclaimed: “I think the business model of Wall Street is fraud.” Basically. Unfortunately, it will never change until serious jail sentences are handed out for the serious fraud, as opposed to taxpayer bailouts. Like this post? Donate bitcoins: 35DBUbbAQHTqbDaAc5mAaN6BqwA2AxuE7G Follow me on Twitter.
It’s not just Hillary who has problems when it comes to mixing personal email addresses with official government business. We know know that conservative and tea party-targeting former head of the IRS’ Exempted Organizations division, Lois Lerner, used not just one, but two personal email addresses. The latest one discovered was under the name “Toby … Read more
I was more than half serious yesterday when I tweeted: If 2016 becomes a race between Trump, Clinton and Bush, you can definitely count me in as a “Deez Nuts” supporter. https://t.co/Fx3zj17EmU — Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) August 19, 2015 I immediately thought the idea was brilliant. What better way to express your contempt and disdain … Read more
I’ve written several articles over the years about private prisons and how barbaric, stupid and unethical they are. In case you missed it the first time around, here’s an excerpt from 2013’s A Deep Look into the Shady World of the Private Prison Industry: Private prisons are antithetical to a free people. Of all the functions a … Read more