LIU econ professor Panos Mourdoukoutas thinks Amazon should replace public libraries to save taxpayers money. He’s wrong, and his essay is poorly reasoned and an embarrassment to economists everywhere.
Author Archives: Kathy E. Gill
Historical context surrounding March for Our Lives movement
MarchForOurLives protest bucks 165 years of history. In 1853, a young man shot a teacher in a Kentucky classroom. He was acquitted; his defense echos that in the Trayvon Martin case.
Tracking White House resignations and firings
Do you know the extent of the Trump White House turnover? As of this writing, 35 senior level staff have resigned or been fired. One has pled guilty in the Mueller investigation.
Thoughts and prayers, a “solution” to mass shootings, is widely ridiculed
Activists turn “thoughts and prayers,” the gun lobby’s response to mass shootings, on its head in the wake of Parkland massacre.
Today in history: FDR orders Japanese-American internment
February 19 is the anniversary of FDR’s executive order which led to internment of Japanese Americans, but bigotry was evident in 1923 Hollywood. Come along as I trace the provenance of a photograph from that era.
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