Mad about Science: Deli cold cuts
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist It’s pretty easy to take the convenience of the deli for granted. Sliced lunch meat seems like such a straightforward concept: thinly sliced meat from specialty cuts of an animal...
Tagged: economics
The reckless firing of federal resource workers is a crisis for Idaho
By Justin Hayes Reader Contributor Idahoans cherish the great outdoors. Whether it’s visiting our national forests, fishing in pristine rivers or depending on a thriving agricultural sector, our way of life is deeply intertwined...
Intellectual [intellect-shill]
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor “It is the responsibility of intellectuals,” Noam Chomsky wrote in a 1967 essay, “to speak the truth and expose the lies.” Regrettably, for some intellectuals, such a function —...
Martin Luther King was a democratic socialist
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist “Economic justice would require a land where men will not take necessities to give luxuries to the few.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. Many conservatives today, in contrast to 60...
The negative effects of income inequality on mental health
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist The world’s richest large country, the city on a hill, seems to be coming apart. —The Economist(6/14/18) In 2011 British epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett released the second...
The negative effects of income inequality on mental health
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist In 2011 British epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett released the second edition of their book “The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.” It contained new evidence...
Random Digital Madness: The Money Problem and the Rise of Cryptocurrency (Part 2)
By Bill Harp Reader Tech Columnist In part one last week, we talked about the money problem and how cryptocurrency, or CC, resolved several problems associated with traditional fiat currency. We also introduced Bitcoin,...
Random Digital Madness: The Money Problem and the Rise of Cryptocurrency (Part 1)
By Bill Harp Reader Columnist Money: It has its problems, and I’m not talking about never having enough of it. First off, paper money has no actual value like gold does. Governments create their...
Morocco makes progress — politically, culturally and economically
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Known as the “Door to the Sahara Desert,” Morocco and its great cities Casablanca, Tangier, and Marrakesh symbolize everything exotic about Arabic culture. The films “Gladiator,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Black...
Portugal comes back from the economic brink
By Nick Gier Reader Columnist Trump boasts about the nation’s economic recovery, but during his first year the economy grew only 2.3 percent. The average for Obama, as he brought the nation out of...
