Over a Trillion Dollars of Student Loans on the Brink; Fall-Out Could Be Enormous
Cable news channels regularly stoke their viewers’ fears about China holding $1.1 trillion of U.S. debt. But they’re focused on the wrong $1.1 trillion of loans.
Entries by Joe Miller
Arizona Republicans Effectively Eliminate Third Parties from Congressional Elections
Gov. Jan Brewer signed an elections bill that basically wipes out Libertarian and other third-party candidates, boosting their signature requirements to unattainable levels. Green Party candidates would actually have to collect more signatures than they have party members.
Aljazeera Reports that Egypt is Threatening War With Ethiopia Over Water
Egypt’s president has warned Ethiopia that “all options are open” in dealing with its construction of a Nile dam that threatens to leave Egypt with a dangerous water shortage.
American Factory Boss Says He’s Being Held Hostage by Scores of Workers in Beijing
An American executive said Monday he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers in a phased-out department.
Official Corruption in Mexico, Once Rarely Exposed, Is Starting to Come to Light
Watchdog groups are gaining strength, opposition parties are challenging and exposing the faults of the status quo, and social and traditional news media organizations are increasingly seeking to hold officials accountable.
Death-Defying Wallenda Daredevil Crosses Colorado River Near Grand Canyon 1/4 Mile up on Tightrope
Aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a tightrope walk that took him a quarter mile over the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona on Sunday.
The Daily Smart Pill that Can Remember All Your Passwords: Tablets Can Transmit Personal Details to Devices as They Pass Through Body
For forgetful types, it promises to be a new wonder pill. But far from boosting the memory, the tiny swallowable capsules contain a minute chip that transmits an individual’s personal details.
Cash as an Alternative to Obamacare (+video)
The cost of health care has been a nagging public policy issue for decades, even before the government took on the task of insuring retirees in the 1960s. Read this article about the ingenious ways doctors are revamping medicine as we know it in the US – for the better.
Amnesty: Another Ruling Class Effort to Destroy America?
As I’ve listened to the immigration debate over the last several weeks, I’ve struggled with a number of thoughts, most of them negative. Why are our allies saying they’ll embrace amnesty if the border is secured?
Judicial Tyranny? FISA Courts Fashioning Their Own Rules, In Secret, to Spy on Every American
Secret FISA judges are appointed, not by the President, but by the judiciary itself. They have been quietly expanding – through Supreme Court-style opinions – the fed’s reach into the private lives of unwitting Americans, including records on “health, guns, and credit cards.”