The role of gas taxes in sparking the recent Yellow Vest protests in France pushed the political climate change agenda back into the spotlight.

One of the more persistent myths about capitalism is that wealth and resources are “wasted” when spent on luxuries.

At the core of this myth is the idea that when you buy, say, a $5,000 75-inch LED television, the money you spend on that item goes only to improve the life of the person who ends up owning the television. “Look at those rich people and their expensive televisions! Don’t they know that some people in the world don’t have televisions at all?”

Yet another Florida high school went into lockdown on the morning of Thursday, December 6th with the terrorizing threat of an active-shooter on campus. The difference this time: the shooter was completely made up. Lake Brantley High School (LBHS), situated in Seminole County, has adopted a policy to prepare for school crises whereby students must face unannounced active-shooter drills.

A man walks into a shop and asks, “You don’t have any meat?” “No,” replies the sales clerk, “We don’t have any fish. It’s the store across the street that doesn’t have any meat.”