In the aftermath of the Virginia Beach shooting, the usual gun control debate has come back into the national conversation. The shooting, which witnessed a disgruntled public employee, DeWayne Craddock, kill 12 people at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center was odd in certain respects. Apart from taking place in another gun-free zone , the shooter
Since President Donald Trump won in 2016, people were led to believe that the Trump administration would be one of the most pro-gun administrations ever . However, a bump stock ban courtesy of the ATF and the passage of Fix-NICS legislation has disappointed gun owners who believed Trump would make at least some marginal pro-gun reforms. To Trump’s
Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s victory on October 27, 2019, has raised many questions about Argentina’s economic future. But the reversion to the Kirchener regime isn’t as big a change as many presume. Outgoing president Mauricio Macri did not offer much for the country, economically speaking. A typical milquetoast
Argentina’s election of a left-wing government last month has people speculating about the country’s future. Previously, I wrote about how neither outgoing President Mauricio Macri nor the ticket of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would do much to solve Argentina’s economic ills. Inflation forecasts for the end of 2019
From the shoes you wear to the ice cream you eat, politics has found a way to sneak into some of the most mundane aspects of our lives. The new trend of “Woke Capital,” where firms are actively promoting social justice causes, has had many free-marketers scratching their heads at how corporate America has hopped on board this wave of
On August 11, 2019, the presidential ticket of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner pulled off a major electoral upset against incumbent President Mauricio Marci in the Argentine primary elections. Based on their performance last month, they’ll be able to compete in the general election on October 27, 2019. Winning by a 16-point
As supermarkets are set on fire and churches are desecrated, Chile’s recent wave of protests have sullied the otherwise solid image of Latin America’s most stable democracy. Since early October, protesters have clogged the streets of Santiago and other cities railing against recent metro fare hikes , while voicing concerns about stagnant wages and
The root causes of Chile’s ongoing protests are still being hotly debated. The conventional narrative is that a metro fare hike of 3.75 percent kicked off the demonstrations. However, there is reason to believe that these increases in metro fares were only the straw that broke the camel’s back. Looking at the bigger picture, there has been a
¿Venezuela está pagando el precio por adoptar el control de armas? La naturaleza impactante del colapso económico de Venezuela ha sido cubierta ad nauseam . Sin embargo, un aspecto de la crisis venezolana que no recibe mucha cobertura es el régimen de control de armas del país. Fox News recientemente publicó un excelente artículo que destaca el
Los niños que trabajan en fábricas con condiciones de trabajo peligrosas en ciudades plagadas de contaminación son algunas de las imágenes que los historiadores disfrutan cuando cubren la Edad Dorada de la historia americana, el período posterior a la Guerra Civil Americana hasta principios del siglo XX. Si tomáramos en serio las interpretaciones
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