by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 30, 2020
Elon Musk has just passed Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg to become the second-richest man after Jeff Bezos — all of whom are worth more than $100 billion. It is estimated that the U.S. had approximately 834 billionaires last year worth a total of $3.5 trillion — only...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 24, 2020
Scientists have done what was thought to be impossible and that is to produce COVID-19 vaccines in a matter of months. But now the real battles begin. What is the priority for delivering the vaccine? Who gets it first — medical personnel, other first responders, the...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 16, 2020
Some of presumptive President-elect Joe Biden’s advisers have advocated a new and even more extreme shutdown of the country to allegedly stop the COVID-19 virus. Much of what is advertised as public health wisdom from the political class is nothing more than nonsense...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 10, 2020
Jeff Bezos owns both The Washington Post and Blue Origin (a company that builds rockets and space vehicles). Three weeks ago, Blue Origin successfully tested “NASA’s active landing sensor system, which will be used to build an autonomous, precise, and flexible landing...
by Richard W. Rahn | Nov 2, 2020
When this commentary is published, we will not yet know who won the presidential race. Rather than add to the stress, here is some good news to make your life a bit happier. There had been an EU report that because of climate change, rising sea levels would cause many...
