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Charles Wheelan, author of Naked Statistics, has brought his insights to the world, seen here in Liberia. (@BridgeIntlAcads)

July 23, 2019

Why ‘Naked Statistics’ Succeeds Where Schools Fail

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Charles Wheelan’s Storytelling Reveals the Point of It All

Fergus Hodgson

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Daniel Lacalle, author of Life in the Financial Markets and chief economist for Tressis. (Daniel Lacalle)

July 3, 2019

Financial-Market Naysayers No Match for Daniel Lacalle

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Hedge-Fund Economist Confronts Myths, Offers Sage Advice for Next Generation

Fergus Hodgson

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Andrew Breitbart's electric, combative style changed the course of US media, but his battle is far from over. (Gage Skidmore)

May 20, 2019

Andrew Breitbart’s Battle Lives On

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Alternative-Media Hero Has Clarion Call for Our Generation

Fergus Hodgson

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How Universities Get Away with Teaching So Little Bryan Caplan: Signaling Offsets Lack of Human Capital On university signaling: Bryan Caplan of George Mason University and author of The Case against Education writes on what he finds interesting and important. The magnitude of taxpayer subsidies for higher education, seemingly everywhere, make the latter definitely the case. (Bryan Caplan) Bryan Caplan of George Mason University writes on what he finds interesting and important. The magnitude of taxpayer subsidies make the latter definitely the case for higher education. (Bryan Caplan)

April 30, 2019

How Universities Get Away with Teaching So Little

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Bryan Caplan: Signaling Offsets Lack of Human Capital

Fergus Hodgson

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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is campaigning aggressively and counting on the public sector for support. (@RachelNotley)

April 8, 2019

What Control Freaks Did to Alberta

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Sheila Gunn Reid Unloads Rachel Notley’s Record before Election

Fergus Hodgson

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Guerrilla leader Augusto Sandino appears in this statue in Managua, Nicaragua. (Jorge Mejía Peralta)

January 25, 2019

Sandino’s Dictatorial Legacy Haunts Nicaragua

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Ortega, FSLN Exhibit Brutality of Megalomaniacal Guerrilla

Fergus Hodgson

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Max Borders (center left) participates in a panel at the 2018 Voice and Exit event in Austin, Texas. (V&E)

August 29, 2018

The Gateway to a Post-Political Age

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Max Borders Proposes a Better Way, Grapples with How to Build the Bridge

Fergus Hodgson

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Propagandia is a documentary worth watching to understand the dangers of state control over the media. (Propagandia)

August 22, 2018

How 21st-Century Socialism Got Hold of Ecuador

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Propaganda: The Master Plan of the “Citizen Revolution”

Paz Gómez

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Commandant Richard Baer, Josef Mengele, and Rudolf Hoess in Auschwitz, 1944. (Karl-Friedrich Höcker)

August 3, 2018

Nazi Past Haunts South America’s Penchant for Impunity

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Investigative Journalists Show Paraguayan Complicity with War Criminal Josef Mengele

Daniel Duarte

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The documentary ignores the fact that the US dollar is still the preferred currency for criminals. (nir_design)

June 22, 2018

Vox, Netflix Pull a Fast One on Cryptocurrencies

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Short-Sighted Documentary Focuses on Negative Stories, Gratuitous Claims

Paz Gómez

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