Richard W. Rahn

The way to stop NPR’s taxpayer rape and misinformation machine is to prohibit its affiliates from providing any taxpayer funding for it.

They have learned nothing! As I write this, Columbia University and others continue in chaos, depriving serious students of what they have paid for. Many have forgotten, if they ever knew, that President Dwight Eisenhower (aka “Ike”) also served as president of Columbia University from 1948 to 1953 after serving as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II and before serving as our commander in chief from 1953 to 1961.

Do you just whine about problems, or do you try to solve them? For decades, many people complained and demanded that the government do something about automobile air pollution.

The British Conservative Party has been in power for the last 14 years but seems on the verge of losing in a big way. At one point, particularly after Margaret Thatcher won in 1979, the Conservatives seemed to have principles they believed in. Thatcherism worked, and most of the public lined up and voted for her.

Last week, a House committee revealed emails from David Morens, who worked under Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails further indicate a cover-up as to the origins of COVID-19 (a Chinese lab). Dr. Fauci was the federalgovernment's primary architect in response to and spokesperson in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most countries will suffer misery from government fiscal meltdown Monday, June 3, 2024 OPINION:

In the last two weeks, Americans have seen prosecutorial abuse in the legal cases against former President Donald Trump and President Biden's son Hunter. The state is given the power to protect both person and property, but neither Mr. Trump nor the younger Biden did anything to deny others their physical well-being or their property.

Does China have a larger economy than the U.S.? Is India, Germany or Japan the world's third-largest economic power? How many minutes of labor does it take for the average worker to buy a Big Mac? These may seem like simple and straightforward questions, but the answers are surprisingly complex. Organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the United Nations and others also have large research staffs searching for better ways to measure the world economy.

Ever wonder why politicians and their media friends seem to lie so much more than other people? The simple answer is that the payoff can be large if others believe the lie (winning an election and gaining political and monetary power), and even if the lie is found out, most soon forget with little consequence. But in most other lines of work, lying about job performance (an airline pilot or mechanic, or a food safety inspector or worker) can be fatal.

Last week, ChatGPT revealed that it was better at being me than I was at being me. Fortunately, so far, it is only part of me where artificial intelligence is better.