The shy undertaker was not a swashbuckling Randian hero or libertarian firebrand, but a passive-aggressive political manipulator.
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Trump on Time
A builder of skyscrapers and ego, Donald Trump’s hubris won’t allow him to consider magazine indicators and such. After his inauguration, he asserted, “Time magazine—and I have been on their cover, like, 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the history of Time magazine.”
Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen makes no apologies for raising the prices of
stocks and bonds. It’s all for the little people, she says. “We are trying help families afford
things.” What her employer really does is allow the bankrupt to keep operating.
Property Means Preservation
To the minds of most environmentalists, the ham-hand of government is needed to protect wildlife. Private property be damned — the government must step in, otherwise every species on the planet will be hunted into oblivion, or human development will gobble up all remaining wildlife habitat, leading to the complete extinction of all species.
While Oliver Stone has had two cracks at the subject, J.C. Chandor bests him on his first try.
Although new, online dating has rapidly grown to be a $4 billion business. Its reported that one in five people in a committed relationship met online. The most successful sites focus on pairing people by race, religion, or sexual orientation. It may not seem romantic, but being introduced to someone with the same intellectual capacity, drive, and common interests only makes sense.