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Several studies show causation. http://beta2.tbo.com/news/nation-world/2008/mar/12/na-red-li...

Saipan is inhabited by the Chamorro, who are mostly Roman Catholic. Quite the opposite of Calvinists.

What's missing are the jobs lost in other parts of the economy, because govt stimulus is basically a transfer of resources from existing private businesses. In other words, do we r…

The U.S. economy is stalled because of a wave of government legislative activism (health care, finance, bailouts, energy, labor) unseen here since the New Deal.

"Your music" is just a remix of sounds and words from earlier artists. Extending copyright like this stifles innovation and future creativity.

Also known as "The Dog Ate My Homework Act" Exhibit A of the widespread pay-to-play corruption in Washington, D.C.

Your post is too partisan and too cynical. This was a good day, and the system worked. Of course Congress will hold hearings and some will complain loudly-- it is a controversial a…

Taxpayers also lost over $500 million, thanks to the U.S. government's crony capitalist "green" subsidized lending program.

In 2011, the the U.S. government will spend more money directly bailing out Fannie Mae than it will spend on NASA's entire budget.

The model revolves around freedom and innovation in the way people organize themselves.

The risk-reward isn't there for pirates. Seasteads will likely be well-armed, populated, far from Somalia and other pirate operating areas, and lack the large material payload of a…

Argentine president Cristina Kirchner is an authoritarian thug with a long record of abusing private property rights, and now, free speech.

You can still burn out at 300k. Actually, you might be more likely to burn out with a higher salary, because you will find it easier to rationalize abusing yourself by cutting slee…

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The downgrade was triggered because America is borrowing 40 cents of every dollar of spending, for the third year in a row, with no sign of stopping.

The Groupon IPO could easily not happen, given the current market turmoil and the SEC scrutiny. If forced to wait several months before the IPO, the company may need to raise more …

How, exactly, do you propose "paying it back"? Social Security is already a TERRIBLE deal for current workers. The only options are to either limit benefits to retirees, who are al…

That's wrong, the GDP and expected GDP is a big part of the rating-- known as the "capacity to repay".

There has been a complete lack of leadership from the Congressional Democrats on this issue. They haven't produced a budget plan in nearly three years, while borrowing 40 cents of …

Japan is a nation of savers and has a massive domestic pool of savings. Also, Japan will drop below investment grade within the next ten years as those savers retire. America, on t…

Social Security is supposed to be a pension program, not an income redistribution program. So you are making "contributions", not paying taxes, in the official lingo. Of course the…