Civil Forfeiture and Bitcoin
Why do we need a global, decentralized, deflationary money without the need of a bank or government? The problem of government is not that, as Ronald Reagan had us believe, that government was the problem, but rather that it makes…
Bitcoin and Ethereum Exchange Coinbase Granted New York BitLicense
Bitcoin and Ethereum Exchange Coinbase Granted New York BitLicense Coinbase, the San Francisco headquartered Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider, has been granted a New York virtual currency license – commonly known as a BitLicense. The regulators say…
Conservative Or Liberal? Here’s What Americans Really Believe
Reprinted with permission from The Washington Spectator. Editor’s Note: This article was submitted in September and edited three weeks prior to the election. It is based on extensive analysis of attitudinal polling from recent decades-polls which taken together indicate that…
Rural America, already hurting, could be most harmed by Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare
Orlin Wagner/AP The health of rural America is failing, and a…
What’s behind growing economic gap?
The gap between the poor and the super rich is growing. The world’s eight richest people have the same wealth as the poorest half of the entire world. That’s according to a new report by Oxfam, which describes this trend…
Trump University Gives Millions of Dollars in Refunds
It was 2009 and the American landscape was bleak: The housing market had crashed, millions of people were in foreclosure and stocks had keeled over a cliff. Beth Wood saw her life savings, around $325,000 in home equity, evaporate in…
FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump
WASHINGTON — The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money from the Kremlin covertly aided President-elect Donald Trump, two people…
Endless War and Bitcoin
Why do we need a global, decentralized, completely trusted, deflationary monetary system? This morning NPR is running an article titled “After 8 Years Of Unbroken War, Obama Hands Over Conflicts To Trump.” This article caught my eye because of the…
Eight Men Have the Same Wealth As Poorest Half
Just eight men hold the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of humanity, according to new data compiled by Oxfam. Released to coincide with the annual World Economic Forum meeting of political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland,…
Bitcoin and a Better Government
We have a problem with authority. Always have done. It started in ancient times when the strong lorded over the weak and got called god-kings. Over time, people recognized that kings were not gods, but then we got the divine…