Are People Free in a Social Welfare State? (2/15/2022) - Are People Free in a Social Welfare State? by Alexandra Hopkins In the summer of 2016, my husband Kim and I vacationed in three cities in northern Europe. In addition to catching a break, we wanted to learn about life in a social welfare state. We wanted a bit of real-life experience with the “Nordic Read more about Are People Free in a Social Welfare State? […] Ever Wonder What It’s Like To Be In A Cult? (6/3/2017) - I was once a member of a cult. I’m not talking about a cult following, where people are way into something, like the cult of surfing or the cult of bodybuilding. I never traveled around the country to see Grateful Dead concerts or attend Sci-fi conventions dressed in costume. I don’t mean that kind of Read more about Ever Wonder What It’s Like To Be In A Cult? […] Found! The Exact Year America Was the GREATEST! (2/16/2017) - Donald Trump’s campaign slogan was “Make America Great Again!” And just to hammer it home yet one more time, he repeated it as the final words of his inaugural address. The slogan implies two things: 1) America is not great now, and 2) America was great at some earlier time. So when, exactly, was America Read more about Found! The Exact Year America Was the GREATEST! […] How the U.S. Paid $6.4 Trillion to Help Make Osama bin Laden’s Dream Come True (2/21/2020) - Gun and Money Twenty years ago, Osama bin Laden, the leader of a small extremist group called “al Qaeda,” had a dream. He wanted to establish a caliphate — an Islamic state governed by strict Islamic law — across the Muslim world. But how could the leader of a small band of fewer than 100 Read more about How the U.S. Paid $6.4 Trillion to Help Make Osama bin Laden’s Dream Come True […] Is It Possible to Profit by Sharing the Wealth? (1/28/2022) - By Alexandra Hopkins Jan. 18, 2022 The employees of our electrical contracting company share in our profits and do quite well for themselves. But we didn’t set out to compensate our employees better than most of our competition. We did so as an act of desperation, a last-ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy. In 1979, my Read more about Is It Possible to Profit by Sharing the Wealth? […]
