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Something happened during the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this year. It didn’t make headlines, but it’s something that certainly should not be ignored. While Iranian leaders spent most of the time talking about their nuclear program and other issues including Syria, there was a brief exchange between …

The typical American mom (and dad) must think government economists have rocks in their head. According to the number crunchers at the Labor Department, over the last year, prices were up only 1.2 percent, and for the month of November, inflation was zero, nada, zilch! Surely economists don’t eat, or …

1787: Americans are thunderstruck. After secret meetings, political muckamucks have proposed a breathtakingly radical new government. Tempers flare over how to respond. 1861: a meltdown over slavery. Neighbors — sharing the same heritage, language, and God — kill and die in droves. The New Deal. Civil Rights. Today’s skirmishes on …