Uncategorized

ride-the-amtrak-passenger-train-through-lush-michigan-landsc-682838917-stockpack-adobestock
Ride the Amtrak passenger train through lush Michigan landscapes from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan.
Image Credit: Sandris_ua - Adobe Stock

The Failure of Subsidizing AMTRAK and How to Make Passenger Trains Profitable Again

We are publishing this paper volunteered by J.D. Wong, a Georgia businessman, that makes a strong, well-researched case that government subsidies for Amtrak should be terminated. In his opinion, only a couple of long distance train routes are potentially sustainable, and that a reliance on standard rail cars, rather than sleeper cars, is a business mistake that mainly reflects political influence. Read More ›
piles-of-refined-rare-earth-elements-from-mining-activities-894975996-stockpack-adobestock
Piles of refined rare earth elements from mining activities: mining techniques, mineral refinement, aggregation of elements, industry procedures
Image Credit: Livinskiy - Adobe Stock

How Trump Can Simultaneously Strengthen America’s Financials and Its National Security

As with the production of lithium and cobalt, which power electric vehicles, China also controls most of the global rare earth supply chain, including mining, processing, and refining. At present, the U.S. has only one operational rare earths mine. But we can't process heavy rare earths, so we send the mine's ore to China for processing. Read More ›
mosaic-ceiling-of-the-florence-baptistery-italy-stockpack-ad-84785872-stockpack-adobestock
Mosaic ceiling of the Florence Baptistery, Italy
Image Credit: Eve81 - Adobe Stock

How Easter Transformed the World Like Nothing Else Ever Could

Across cultures throughout human history, people have sought to flee oppression and escape persecution. A recurring theme in Western literature and in modern classics such as Superman and Disney originals, which revolve around the struggle between good and evil, is the need and critical role for a rescuer or savior. Read More ›
old-bible-in-library-with-magnifying-glass-stockpack-adobe-stock
Old Bible in library with magnifying glass
Licensed via Adobe Stock

Easter Is the World’s Most Historically Verified Holiday

While there are skeptics of the biblical Jesus, there's far more reliable historical evidence for His life, teachings, miracles, death, and resurrection than for other leading historical figures of ancient times, such as literary greats Virgil and Horace and military kings like Alexander the Great. Read More ›
the-interior-metal-manufacturing-the-view-from-the-top-stockpack-adobe-stock
the interior metal manufacturing the view from the top
the interior metal manufacturing the view from the top

George Will: Progressive Gloom Ignores a Marvelous Historical Economic Measure

In “Life After Capitalism,” George Gilder, citing Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley in the Cato Institute’s volume “Superabundance,” writes that “between 1980 and 2022, workers have been able to buy some 300 percent more goods and services with their hours and minutes.” The secret sauce is applied knowledge. Read More ›
hands begging gray
old man beggar begging you for help sitting at dirty slum. concept for poverty or hunger people,human rights,donate and charity for underprivileged children in third world
Photo licensed via Adobe Stock

What Does Real Compassion for the Homeless Look Like?

Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness initiative offers a path forward for policymakers, the public, and those who recognize that the failed policies of the past are doomed to fail in the future. Here we focus on the true causes of the crisis. And, importantly, we focus on the inherent dignity of those suffering while offering solutions that help them realize their full potential as human beings. Read More ›
penny-farthing-high-wheel-retro-bike-on-wood-floor-stockpack-adobe-stock
penny-farthing, high  wheel retro bike  on wood floor
penny-farthing, high wheel retro bike on wood floor

Bicycles on Sale: 95.4% Off

In 1910 it took 66.4 hours to earn the money to buy a bicycle. Today it takes only three. The time price has fallen by 95.4 percent. You get 22 bicycles today for the time price of one in 1910. Read More ›
tingey-injury-law-firm-6sl88x150Xs-unsplash

Breaking: Stop CRT Legal Coalition Announced

The Center on Wealth & Poverty responds to President Biden doubling-down on critical race theory in the federal government. Read More ›
constant-loubier-KHyBuy4oE-8-unsplash

History, Like Black Lives, Matters

The means to addressing excessive force by police shouldn’t be those used by two of the most notoriously brutal political movements of the Left — the French Revolutionaries of the Terror — and the Right — modern Germany’s National Socialists. Read More ›
liberalism-discontents-screen-scaled

Liberalism and Its Discontents

In this webinar, Center on Wealth & Poverty Director Christopher Rufo speaks with Professor Patrick Deneen about his most recent book Why Liberalism Failed, the civil unrest sweeping the nation, and the upcoming election. Read More ›