“Financial markets in the United States are the largest and most liquid in the world.” Which makes sense. After becoming back-to-back World War Champs, America set up the system of international finance that endures to this day. Except that we’re no longer on the gold standard (this is an argument for another piece). You would think …
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Today, the Justice Department suspended the Macon-Bibb Consolidated Government local elections that were slated for July 16th, 2013. I’ve already interviewed Sam Hart, one of the candidates, but it seems the relevance of that interview is stayed until the DOJ can determine if nonpartisan elections can proceed. Partisan elections are the backbone of the American political …
Continue reading Partisan Local Elections — an Unnecessary EvilNext week the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of Bowman v. Monsanto. The argument is that when a farmer plants a genetically altered seed, grows a crop, harvests the crop, and collects the seeds from the harvested crop, he should have a right to plant those harvested seeds without paying the patent-holder a …
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