Photo by Jon Matthews Conservative economists have been treating the 18th-century Scottish philosopher Adam Smith as their “free market” hero for quite some time now. But in his own time, as Steve Wamhoff of the progressive Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy recently noted, Smith took positions that today’s free-marketeers regularly gag on. Smith, for…
Parents, let me tell you: If you don’t train your children well, your own wealth might become your curse—and theirs. Last Sunday, I had a life-altering moment. It wasn’t in a church or mosque—it was inside a shopping mall, thanks to my daughter Diekolami, my third-born. We were heading to a shopping center just 20…
The United States will take back the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation.… © Japan Today
Despite a court order restraining him from making appointments, Rivers State sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has gone ahead to appoint administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. The appointment of the administrators is coming barely 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt presided over by…
At least 27 people have d!ed and more than 120 were injured after a roof fell at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic early on Tuesday, April 8, authorities said. Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at Jet Set in Santo Domingo, said Juan Manuel Mendez, director of the…
