Mattel was started by Matt Matson and Elliot and Ruth Handler in 1945, manufacturing doll house furniture out of old picture frames. Their initial investment was some shop equipment which they purchased from Sears on installment. Mattel has had many popular toys over the years, but it was the Barbie doll which made it the industry standard in toy making.
The national debt of the United States is barreling out of control and American politicians appear completely unwilling to anger prospective voters by honestly saying “The American taxpayers cannot afford to give you everything you want.” The US national debt is currently 16.8 trillion dollars. That number is too large for most of us to…
When any of us suffers an injury or serious illness we require medical care, so it must be a right that we receive it. Right? When a large number of people begin to insist that something is a right, we can be sure that the politicians will begin crafting the legislation to declare it so,…
Photo by clay.wells “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” From Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Deal,” to Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society,” to current programs like the Affordable Care Act; programs and policies with few, if any, positive outcomes are allowed to continue and grow because…
Photo by toivanvr 2. He Ran the City of St. Petersburg Like a Mafia Boss Once the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Putin had to return to his native city of Leningrad. The collapse of the Soviet system forced him to resign from the KGB and seek his fortunes elsewhere. As an opportunist and a…
Photo by Lαin 2. China China has repeatedly accused America of interfering in Asia’s affairs and exerting its military, political, and economic influence around the world. Yet, while the US has been reducing the size of its military and pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan, China has embarked on a totally opposite agenda. It has…
Photo by portableantiquities 2. The Iron Age The Iron Age is an archaeological term that indicates the condition of civilization and culture of people using iron as the material for their cutting tools and weapons. As the mankind was freed by the Agricultural Revolution from constant pursuit of food and survival mode, greater economic freedom…