Who’s Making You Sweat – and Why?
A spotlight on the Burnett Foundation’s upcoming ‘fundraiser’ that is much more than it appears.
Business
The Rise of the Meme Disease
These meme diseases turned out to be phantoms that mysteriously disappeared. These conditions also represented examples of the treatment being much worse than the purported disease.
To Draw a Line
The proposal is, at its core, an attempt to answer a question that sounds simple but is not: what should professional regulation actually be for? Personal beliefs should be of no interest to the regulators.
The Decade That Made Secession Seem Normal
It’s a cause for optimism. The people running these institutions are finding out the hard way that everyone has a vote – at the ballot box, with their feet, and with their wallets.
The Kids Might Be Alright
Just as I was shuffling out of the venue, one mushroom-headed beanpole tapped me on the arm and said, “Thanks for giving us your wisdom tonight,” he said, as I tried stifling a giggle. “Because no one ever tells it to us straight.” They never do, do they?
Not Really About Selling Butter to India
The India FTA promises exporters freer access to markets, but behind the sales pitch sits a familiar Wellington miracle: fewer tariffs, more officials.
By Targeting Dairy Farmers, ESG Wants To Decide Your Milk
Hopefully, in the months and years to follow, more Americans and policymakers will become aware of the harms associated with incorporating ESG metrics into farming. American farmers feed the nation, and they deserve better.
These Priorities Are Just Wrong
Skilled manufacturers wait in limbo while bureaucracy rolls out the red carpet elsewhere.
NBN: Never Been Necessary
Every now and then an act of government incompetence and waste is so egregious that it’s enough to wake the beast within.
A Polar Plan for Banking
A banking boom is unlikely in Antarctica, but there doesn’t need to be one. What matters is the ability of a people to participate in their micro-economies unsevered from civilization. If the coldest edges of Earth don’t freeze out customers, neither should our financial institutions.