by Contributing Author | Feb 15, 2024 | Headline News
This article was originally published by Benjamin Williams at The Foundation for Economic Education. Many see Cuba as a textbook example of the failures of socialism. However, some on the Left claim that Cuba is not only a socialist success story but that it boasts a...
by Mac Slavo | Nov 20, 2023 | Headline News
On September 22nd, 1991, nine months before the Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro, a United Nations Midwest Public Hearing on Environment and Development was held in Des Moines, Iowa. A document from that hearing noted the pressing need to reduce the world’s...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 10, 2023 | Headline News
Shipping rates in the Black Sea have risen by 20% since the start of the year and mainstream media is blaming the “war risk” insurance premiums for that increase. The Black Sea, which is shared by Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, and Turkey, is...
by Mac Slavo | Nov 21, 2022 | Headline News
The European Union is stockpiling Russian diesel fuel before the ban on Russian oil begins. The oil-products embargo begins in less than three months and the EU lacks alternative sources of fuel. Russian diesel shipments headed to the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA)...
by Contributing Author | Feb 26, 2018 | Headline News
On Friday, 2/23/18, the Trump Administration announced the implementation of even stronger sanctions against North Korea to force it into compliance regarding its nuclear weapons. The New York Times reported on the revised sanctions, and here’s an excerpt: The...