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Nov 5, 2024 | 
todayville.com | Matthew Mitchell
By Matthew D. MitchellAs Republicans and Democrats make their final pitch to voters, they’ve converged on some common themes. Kamala Harris wants to regulate the price of food. Donald Trump wants to regulate the price of credit. Harris wants the tax code to favour the 2.5 per cent of workers who earn tips. So does Trump. Harris wants the government to steer more labour and capital into manufacturing. And so does Trump.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
wvgazettemail.com | Matthew Mitchell
In 1970, Venezuelans were the wealthiest people in Latin America. With annual incomes comparable to those of the Finns and the Japanese, they earned 2 1/2 times what the typical Latin American earned. Their wealth bought them a longer life, lower infant mortality and some measure of safety. Today, as the United Socialist Party’s Nicolás Maduro tries to steal another term as president, it is a different story.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
dcjournal.com | Matthew Mitchell
In 1970, Venezuelans were the wealthiest people in Latin America. With annual incomes comparable to those of the Finns and the Japanese, they earned two-and-a-half times what the typical Latin American earned. Their wealth bought them a longer life, lower infant mortality, and some measure of safety. Today, as the United Socialist Party’s Nicolás Maduro tries to steal another term as president, it is a different story.
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
reviewjournal.com | Matthew Mitchell
In office and on the campaign trail, the Biden administration is relentlessly pursuing what the president’s former National Economic Council director calls a “21st Century American Industrial Strategy” centered on “strategic public investments” to achieve our full economic potential. It has the support of most Democrats and quite a few Republicans and is in some ways a logical extension of Donald Trump’s past support for favored industries through tariffs paid by American consumers.
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May 27, 2024 | 
todayville.com | Matthew Mitchell
The Biden administration’s energy policies are increasingly costly for Americans, a newly released report says. U.S. House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., released the report, which argues Biden’s energy policies have increased costs for Americans and hurt the economy.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
dcjournal.com | Matthew Mitchell |Ray Walker
Early this month,a rumor flew that Estonia’s prime minister, Kaja Kallas, would be the new head of NATO. It turned out to be an April Fool’s joke, but I’m guessing Vladimir Putin didn’t find it funny. The tough-talking Kallas has been outspoken about Russian belligerence, often comparing the war in Ukraine to what the Soviet Union once did to her country. In response, Russia has issued a warrant for her arrest. However, Estonia is an inconvenient neighbor for another reason.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
mercatus.org | Matthew Mitchell |Ray Walker
Early this month,a rumor flew that Estonia’s prime minister, Kaja Kallas, would be the new head of NATO. It turned out to be an April Fool’s joke, but I’m guessing Vladimir Putin didn’t find it funny. The tough-talking Kallas has been outspoken about Russian belligerence, often comparing the war in Ukraine to what the Soviet Union once did to her country. In response, Russia has issued a warrant for her arrest. However, Estonia is an inconvenient neighbor for another reason.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
todayville.com | Matthew Mitchell
By Matthew D. MitchellIt’s a common trope that capitalism corrupts. Anyone who has spent time with our species knows that we can be avaricious, materialist and selfish. Tempting as it may be to think that socialism would make us better, it seemed to make us worse. The communist revolution sought to reshape the economy by giving government control over the means of production. But socialist revolutionaries had more than the economy in their sights.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Andrew Grant |Badriyya Yusuf |Dimitrios Panagos |Matthew Mitchell
Many of the 30,000 attendees of the March 2024 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention harbour a “wild desire” to extract the mineral riches of Canada’s $67 billion Ring of Fire, in the words of Johnny Cash’s well-known song of the same name. While some might be attracted by the desire to make money, others could be driven by concern for our planet and the belief that the region’s minerals can help reduce carbon emissions and support a just energy transition.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
argusmedia.com | Aydin Calik |Matthew Mitchell
At least four of Libya's oil export terminals remain closed today after a severe rainstorm hit the country's eastern region over the weekend, leading to flooding and a number of fatalities. The ports of Es Sider, Ras Lanuf, Brega and Zueitina in eastern Libya were closed on 9 September and are not expected to reopen until at least tomorrow, according to shipping agents. All four terminals have tankers waiting close by.
