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In recent decades, American lawmakers have been increasing jail time and fines for what were once small-time misdemeanors.

Whales were rapidly on their way to extinction until the petroleum industry undermined the whaling industry.

Companies relocate in order to serve their customers better with less-expensive products. In the media, these unseen customers are usually ignored.

As long as Trump sticks to tax and regulatory relief, bring on the Art of the Deal.

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American's should worry less about companies leaving for oversees, and more about how government is eroding their freedoms.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul is now the mainstream in American politics. The key problem lies in changing what it means to be "mainstream."

The Census Bureau once helped round up Japanese-Americans for concentration camps. The Bureau could be similarly "helpful" in the future.

Small businesses get a break from a federal judge, but the affair shows the damaging nature of a constantly changing legal landscape for businesses.

Under Castro, Cuba has really been two Cubas. There is relative abundance for the ruling class, and cruel, enforced poverty for everyone else.