Public sector investments in voluntary preschool programs have been growing, in line with our understanding of the importance of the early years for children’s development. At the federal level, annual spending on Head Start for three- and four-year-old children living in poverty reached nearly $10 billion as of 2019. States added another $9 billion to… Continue reading Making Preschool Investments Count Through the American Families Plan
Oil Dumps And Jump After US Lifts Sanctions On One Iranian Oil Official, Clarifies “Nothing To Do” With Nuclear Deal
Update 1230pm: And now oil is rushing back higher, after Bloomberg corrects itself that the US had lifted sanctions on just one Iranian oil official… *CORRECT: U.S. LIFTS SANCTIONS ON ONE IRAN OIL OFFICIAL … while Reuters adds that, as expected, this is just a “routine” change and has “nothing to do with the Iranian… Continue reading Oil Dumps And Jump After US Lifts Sanctions On One Iranian Oil Official, Clarifies “Nothing To Do” With Nuclear Deal
The Georgia Guidestones (Mystery Solved!)
Podcast: Download MYS141: In 1980, a massive granite monument was unveiled in a small Georgia town, bearing 10 principles for the future guidance of humanity. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Guidestones’ origin and purpose and the mysterious man who commissioned them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple… Continue reading The Georgia Guidestones (Mystery Solved!)
Astronomers Find Secret Planet-Making Ingredient: Magnetic Fields
We like to think of ourselves as unique. That conceit may even be true when it comes to our cosmic neighborhood: Despite the fact that planets between the sizes of Earth and Neptune appear to be the most common in the cosmos, no such intermediate-mass planets can be found in the solar system. The problem… Continue reading Astronomers Find Secret Planet-Making Ingredient: Magnetic Fields
U.S.-ROK Summit: Assessing Moon’s Vaccine and Peace Promises
U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held their first in-person summit in Washington last month, signing a lengthy joint statement that underscored the linchpin alliance forged in the battlefields of the Korean War and a shared vision governed by democratic norms, human rights, and rule of law. The statement charted out… Continue reading U.S.-ROK Summit: Assessing Moon’s Vaccine and Peace Promises
“Supply Bottlenecks” As An Excuse For Inflation
Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Mises Institute, One of the arguments most used by central banks regarding the increase in inflation is that it is because of bottlenecks and that the recovery in demand has created tensions in the supply chain. However, the evidence shows us that most commodities have risen in tandem in an environment… Continue reading “Supply Bottlenecks” As An Excuse For Inflation
10 Commandments of Antichrist? (The Georgia Guidestones)
Podcast: Download MYS142: For 40 years, people have wondered who was the mysterious Robert Christian who commissioned the Georgia Guidestones and the meaning of the 10 principles inscribed on it. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli identify who Christian really was and examine what the 10 guidelines really mean. Get all new episodes automatically and for… Continue reading 10 Commandments of Antichrist? (The Georgia Guidestones)
The Catholic Guide to Miracles: Miraculous Healings
Miraculous Healings The most rigorously investigated miraculous healings are those that are submitted as evidence for beatification and canonization. As we have seen, for a healing to be considered miraculous, it must be spontaneous, instantaneous, complete, lasting, and unexplainable by modern medicine. All of the material related to the purported miracle is first studied by… Continue reading The Catholic Guide to Miracles: Miraculous Healings
Finland takes leading role in the openness of academic journal pricing — Mostly Physics
Freedom of Information request by open science advocates has revealed academic journal pricing through an administrative court decision. Finland is the first country where the subscription prices paid by practically all universities and research institutions to individual publishers are made available. This strengthens the position of universities in the 2016 contract negotiations, made ever more… Continue reading Finland takes leading role in the openness of academic journal pricing — Mostly Physics
Sexual Assault in the Military, School Security, Mental Health Care: RAND Weekly Recap
We discuss the risk of sexual assault to sexual minorities in the U.S. military; prescribing medications for opioid addiction; improving security in America’s schools; how to transform mental health care; whether micromobility is living up to the hype; and countering Russian propaganda. Photo by U.S. Army U.S. service members who identify as lesbian, gay, or… Continue reading Sexual Assault in the Military, School Security, Mental Health Care: RAND Weekly Recap