by Sarah Cowgill | Dec 24, 2018 | Articles, Military Affairs, Politics
American columnist Marjorie Holmes once wrote, “At Christmas, all roads lead home.” Judging by air traffic control statistics, Holmes is as spot-on today as the day in 1991 that her words were published. Trade organization Airlines for America predicts 45.7 million...
by Gabriella Fiorino | Dec 15, 2018 | Articles, Drug Prohibition, Healthcare, Science
As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage the U.S., scores of Americans die each day from overdoses of narcotics. For those attempting to break free of addiction, extreme withdrawal symptoms are often faced, but what if those experiences are increasingly encountered...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 14, 2018 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Taxes
To truly understand the state of the nation’s finances, you only need to take a gander at the latest Monthly Treasury Statement. In October and November, the first two months of fiscal year 2019, U.S. government collected a record $458.653 billion in federal taxes. At...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 10, 2018 | Articles, Business News, International, Law, Politics
Following the crucial G20 summit meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, it was announced that the U.S. and China had agreed to a 90-day trade truce. As part of the pause on trade spats, Washington would postpone a planned 15% hike to tariffs...
by Archived Author | Dec 8, 2018 | Articles, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, International, Politics
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently announced that his nation will not join the U.N. Global Migration Compact (GMC), set to be signed in Marrakech, Morocco in December. He cites the problematic blurring of lines between legal and illegal migration: “We...