Scott Grannis provides some refreshingly clear and cogent thinking about why it’s not repaying the swelling national debt that necessarily by itself creates a problem for the U.S. economy; rather it’s the government’s increasing spending on unproductive programs in the … read more >

In a post titled “New Zealand Butter,” Cuban blogger Yoani Shanchez tries to explain why Cuba has so many expensive basic food items from faraway places, like the butter that comes 8,000 miles from New Zealand and the rice that … read more >