William S Harley and Arthur Davidson set out to build a motor powered bicycle in 1901. They went to work in a tiny shed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two years later Harley-Davidson was founded and took the world by storm. Harley-Davidson is now the most iconic, well-known motorcycle in the world.
Why your cash would likely test positive for drugs It is commonly known that about four out of five federal reserve notes in circulation at any one time will test positive for cocaine residue. Snopes calls them “dollar bills,” but it’s an accepted fact that your cash probably has cocaine on it. Trace amounts get…
Many people, including some who generally support free market principles, consider water to be a human right. To be fair, it is a natural resources that is every bit as important to life as oxygen, which is, of course, free. The overwhelming majority of people in the First World take it for granted, and those…
Should Black Friday be a national holiday? Henry Ford wrote in his biography of the mutually beneficial partnership of Capital and Labor. He opposed labor unions because he felt they undermined that partnership and turned the two sides against each other. In this regard, Ford was right. Capital needs Labor, and Labor needs Capital. …
Every March the nation is transfixed by the specter or young athletes competing for their schools and states in the NCAA college basketball tournament. Students travel the country competing in games that generate more ratings than some professional events. March Madness sweeps the country, advertisement is geared towards it, and big companies vie for the…
Photo by smokershighlife 8. Incarceration of nonviolent users is expensive Putting aside the overreach of jailing otherwise law abiding citizens for the possession and peaceful use of a fairly innocuous plant, the argument has long been made that the cost of jailing these folks is out of line and should stop. Given an American population…
Photo by controversialtimes.com 8. Ahmed Abdi Godane Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, had been one of America’s most wanted terrorists until September, 2013. The notorious Al Shabaab leader was killed in a US airstrike. Zubayr’s vision was to transform Al-Shabaab from an insurgent outfit focused on Somalia, into a terrorist group…