The Federal Government owns more than 77,000 buildings which are currently not being used. Some of them have even been condemned. These properties should be sold at auction or simply bulldozed if they are unsuitable for sale. Basic upkeep on these buildings is costing US taxpayers.
Annual Savings to the US Taxpayer: $1.5 Billion
The Troubles is the common name for the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that spilled over at various times into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England and mainland Europe.
Photo by OSU Master Gardener 1. Collecting rainwater If you live in Oregon, don’t even think about diverting that rain water on your property into any sort of container. One Oregon man was sentenced to 30 days in jail because he had three ponds on his property. His ponds were deemed “illegal reservoirs.” According to…
Should we trade with despots? After 5 years in captivity, US contractor Alan Gross was released today as part of a deal brokered by President Obama. The imprisonment of Mr. Gross has been an issue of much resonance with me. I previously wrote a piece featured in The Daily Caller about Mr. Gross case, calling…
1. Korea Once a united peninsula and people, the Koreans were split apart by the polarizing effects of Communism which were imported from the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. After World War II ended, the Soviet Army advanced into Korea and left troops in the North. Kim Il-Sung, considered to be the first Korean Communist, began to…
Jobs and Wages It is often said immigrants take US jobs away from US citizens and that their inexpensive labor suppresses wages. In actuality, the opposite is true. Economists have found that immigration does not lead to a sizeable decrease in wages, and may actually increase wages and lower prices in the aggregate. The reason…
Photo by mbs120898 10. Thomas Jefferson President Jefferson was publicly accused of fathering the children of his slave Sally Hemings, by journalist James Callender (who had also publicized Alexander Hamilton’s affair) in the Jefferson–Hemings controversy. Hemings was the half-sister of Jefferson’s wife Martha, and based partly upon DNA evidence, there is now a scholarly consensus…