Monthly Archives: January 2020

17 Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Tyranny, Liberty, and Rights

This entry was posted on 01/26/2020

Americans remember Benjamin Franklin as one of our founders. That is fitting because he was not just our most famous […]

This entry was posted on 01/23/2020

Eight dollars and 41 cents. About the cost of a Chipotle burrito. That’s how much Uri Rafaeli owed the treasury […]

This entry was posted on 01/18/2020

Just over 100 years ago (October 28, 1919), the National Prohibition Act became law. Better known as the Volstead Act, […]

This entry was posted on 01/12/2020

Venezuela has experienced one of the sharpest economic declines in modern history—rampant inflation, near-famine, and an exodus of millions of […]

This entry was posted on 01/07/2020

Your morning cup of coffee, A.J. Jacobs wants you to know, is a miracle of human cooperation. Jacobs writes in […]

This entry was posted on 01/03/2020

At this time of year especially, the wide variety of individual human preferences and interests becomes abundantly clear. My children’s […]