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The Suicide of Europe

Europe is committing suicide. How did this happen? In this week’s video, Douglas Murray, author of The Strange Death of Europe, explains the two major causes of Europe’s impending downfall.

In amendatory veto, Rauner supports 72-hour waiting period for all gun purchases

CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner - who touted support for gun rights when running for governor in 2014, shifted his position slightly Monday when he proposed changes to gun law that would require a 72-hour waiting period on all gun purchases as well as a ban on bump stocks.

Governor Rauner unveiled in an amendatory veto (AV) of House Bill 1468 which supports:

• Extending the 72-hour waiting period for delivery of all gun purchases in Illinois.
• Banning bump stocks and trigger cranks.
• Authorizing restraining orders to disarm dangerous individuals.
• Making judges and prosecutors more accountable by making them explain – on the record – why charges are reduced in plea agreements for violent offenders in gun cases.
• Freeing up local revenue to hire resource officers and mental health workers to help intervene and prevent student violence before it occurs.

It would also reinstate the death penalty for those found guilty without doubt of killing law enforcement officers.

Illinois Prof says 'wealth redistribution' key to 'sexual fulfillment'

A Northeastern Illinois University philosophy professor argues that Americans would have no need for sex robots if they were to embrace "wealth redistribution."

Tyler Zimmer also suggests "radically" shortening the workday without reducing workers' wages, asserting that the additional leisure time would "give more people a chance at sexual fulfillment."

More HERE

Coming to Illinois: Allegations of Pot-Related Corruption Hit a California Town

Armed with search warrants, the FBI earlier this week raided the home of Adelanto Mayor Rich Kerr (shown above), Adelanto City Hall, and the Jet Room — a local medical cannabis dispensary — multiple outlets reported.

The IRS and the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office were also part of the raids conducted in Adelanto, California, this week, according to Fox News.

Allegations of marijuana industry-related corruption among Adelanto municipal officials is something of a déjà vu experience for the San Bernardino County desert town’s 33,000-plus residents.

Left-wing nonprofit pushing Illinois to lower voting age to 16 for local elections

Photo | Sheila Fitzgerald | Shutterstock.com

While Illinois lawmakers and local officials are considering raising the legal age to smoke and own firearms, a push to lower the voting age is gaining steam.

Vote 16 Illinois is a chapter of Vote 16 USA, a nonprofit with a goal to lower the legal voting age requirements for local elections. The group is working with state lawmakers to start the conversation about getting 16-year-olds the right to vote.

More HERE

Google won't bake the cake, which is fine

Refusing business is a way to take a stand, unless you’re a conservative, says the Left. Timothy P. Carney writes:

Recent months have given us an endless stream of companies refusing to take part in business arrangements that executives found morally wrong.

This week Google took a stand for businesses who don’t want to participate in practices the executives find immoral. The company will discriminate against bail bond companies on its ad platforms, Google announced, to the plaudits of civil rights attorneys. “No one should be incarcerated simply because they can’t afford not to be,” former federal civil rights prosecutor Vanita Gupta declared. “I applaud @Google for taking the unprecedented step today of banning ads for bail bonds from its platforms.”

Unions Could Lose 726,000 Members if Mark Janus Wins His Supreme Court Case

Union-backed study finds unions aren’t attractive to workers. Eric Boehm reports:

If public sector workers were given the choice to stop paying union dues, many would do so, according to a new report from a union-backed think tank.

This Is a Bad Look: In Current Farm Bill, Conservatives Prop Up Rich Farmers

Wrong way on farm subsidies. Daren Bakst writes:

How would it look though if conservatives reform the food stamp safety net and as a result improve the well-being of the poor by reducing dependence on government, yet at the same time they expand the farm safety net and increase dependence on government?

This appears to be a real possibility. […]

Control the Words, Control the Culture

The culture war is first and foremost a war of words – and the left is winning. The consequences can be seen everywhere: in politics, in education, in media. In this video, Michael Knowles, host of the Michael Knowles Show, explains why we should not cede another syllable.

Adam Andrzejewski and The Open-Government Movement

Where's Weyermuller? Visiting Elkhart Hoosiers with Trump and Pence

By Mark Weyermuller - 

It was “Hoosier Hospitality” at its finest as thousands showed up to a middle school gymnasium Thursday night. President Donald Trump held  a “Make America Great Again” rally.  The event was held at North Side Gymnasium a 7,383 seat multi-purpose arena at 300 Lawrence Street in Elkhart, Indiana. Vice President Mike Pence joined the president.  The venue filled up quickly with reports of as many as 6000 outside lining the motorcade routes who were unable to get inside as it reached  capacity by 5:00 PM.

The President spoke about waking up at 2:00 am Thursday night to greet the hostages released from North Korea. There is a much anticipated summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jung-Un in June, which will take place in Singapore. Trump spoke about the improvements in the economy and his new tax cuts. He took time to bash Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, and, of course, he spoke of “fake news.” 

Interest in manufacturing careers grows among Chicago area high schoolers

SCHAUMBURG, IL - The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) held its 27th annual Precision Machining Competition Thursday night at Mazak Corporation's Midwest Technology Center where hundreds of precision machining projects made by Chicago area high school students were on display. Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, TMA Leadership, parents, instructors and company representatives were in attendance as students learned how their work rated in comparison to their peers and explored possible job opportunities with area manufacturers.

"I want to encourage all of you to continue this dream you are starting because manufacturing isn't just about the talent or technical side of what you learn, there is a skill and an art to it. You are all artists - embrace that, grow into that and see where it can take you," TMA Chairman, Todd Beauchamp, said in front of the competitors, parents and instructors. "There are a lot of companies here that are looking for you and can utilize your craft."

Thorner/Ingold: Special Counsel Mueller or Grand Inquisitor?

By Nancy Thorner & Ed Ingold - 

Imagine a world where a special prosecutor was appointed and given authority higher than any official or appointee had heretofore been granted.  Imagine there were no bounds to his inquiries, and he made use of torture to extract confessions, but more importantly, to extract accusations against others, who were then prosecuted. There was no time limit imposed on the inquiry, only results.

The year was 1478, and the Catholic Rulers Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain appointed the Board of Inquisition, headed by the Grand Inquisitor, to seek out and prosecute heresy, which as defined by the Church, was any deviation from Catholic dogma.

Univ. of Illinois Grad students urge STEM workers to boycott U.S. military

The graduate student employee union at the University of Illinois is urging STEM workers to "refuse employment" in military and defense industries in order to undermine the "military-industrial complex."

The union issued a press release Friday endorsing the "STEM Strikes the War Machine" campaign, which also demands that 90% of all military spending be reallocated to "social justice" efforts around the world.

More HERE

Sanctuary Counties

Democrats didn't like federal immigration laws so they created their own. Now Republicans are doing the same. Welcome to anarchy in the US of A.

Glennon: Statewide property tax proposed by Chicago Fed

By Mark Glennon - 

An audible gasp went out in the breakout room I was in at last month's pension eventcosponsored by The Civic Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. That was when a speaker from the Chicago Fed proposed levying, across the state and in addition to current property taxes, a special property assessment they estimate would be about 1% of actual property value each year for 30 years.

Evidently, that wasn't reality-shock enough. This week the Chicago Fed published that proposal formally. It's linked here.

It surely ranks among the most blatantly inhumane and foolish ideas we've seen yet.

Homeowners with houses worth $250,000 would pay an additional $2,500 per year in property taxes, those with homes worth $500,000 would pay an additional $5,000, and those with homes worth $1 million would pay an additional $10,000, and so on.

Is the Chicago Fed blind to human consequences? Confiscatory property tax rates have already robbed hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of Illinois families of their home equity -- probably the lion's share of whatever wealth they had.

Property taxes in many Illinois communities already exceed 3%, 4% and even 5% of home values. Across Illinois, the average is a sky-high 2.67 percent, the highest in the nation.

More HERE

Nearly half of Americans say Trump media coverage is too tough

More than four in 10 Americans think the news media's coverage of President Trump is too critical, a level of dissatisfaction that has remained remarkably consistent since Trump took office, according to an Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.

More HERE

A Conversation With House Speaker Paul Ryan

Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James talks to House Speaker Paul Ryan about welfare reform, poverty, the importance of work, and the opportunities to forge a better future.

IL GOP conservatives expect to pick new party leader Saturday, May 19th

Current IL GOP Chairman Tim Schneider could be ousted May 19th

SPRINGFIELD - Saturday the Illinois Republican Party's State Central Committee will meet at the Illinois Realtors Association office in Springfield to decide who will be the state party's chairman - incumbent Chairman Tim Schneider or 10th CD State Central Committeeman Mark Shaw. 

Despite rumors circulating that Shaw would not be a candidate Saturday, he confirmed to Illinois Review this week that he will be in the contest Saturday the 19th.  

Conservatives are confident that the decision could be close, but that Shaw could win. Votes for Shaw are adding up and with State Rep. Jeanne Ives and David McSweeney's endorsements earlier this week, the conservative wing of the party could win over Governor Rauner's pick. 

14th CD SCC member Stan Bond said "Conservatives are going to win." 

Skillicorn steps up to defend Trump fan blocked out of House race

Shane Bouvet, his father and President Trump at the White House in February, 2018

EAST DUNDEE - State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) is unhappy with the Sangamon County Republicans who, he says, discouraged a Republican from challenging a Democrat House incumbent in November.

"Do you know Shane Bouvet? If not, you should," Skillicorn asked in statement sent out Thursday. Bouvet met President Trump after the President was moved by Bouvet's story as a Trump campaign volunteer. 

ERA proponents rally for House vote

Republican Steve Andersson is to the far left of this photo of ERA supporters Wednesday

SPRINGFIELD - Leftist groups such as "Indivisible Illinois" are on hand Wednesday at the State Capitol, pushing for Illinois to become the 37th state to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. For decades, the ERA has been stuck at 35 states, needing 38 for ratification. Last March, Nevada became the 36th state.

While the US Constitution specifies efforts to amend the Constitution must last only seven years, proponents expect the deadline to be extended. 

The Illinois Senate passed the ERA this spring, with the help of Republicans - who betrayed Republicans' historically being opposed to the effort. 

Civic Federation "thumbs down" on Governor's FY 2019 budget proposal

CHICAGO – In a report released Wednesday, the Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability announced it cannot support Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s recommended budget for FY2019 because it is "precariously balanced and its modest surplus relies on aggressive assumptions. Additionally, the proposal does little to address Illinois’ massive backlog of bills."

The Federation says that the state's financial condition has improved significantly after the General Assembly passed a 32 percent income tax hike - a strategy House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton pushed through the legislature. 

However, Illinois still faces severe fiscal problems, including huge public pension costs, a large backlog of bills and a lowest-in-the-nation credit rating.

Sexual orientation in state's headline news

CHICAGO - How one prefers sexual intimacy is moving to a place of priority consideration in Illinois, according to current news headlines:

• "Does Lori Lightfoot have a path to victory in crowded race for mayor?" A black lesbian is expected to announce her bid for Chicago mayor on Thursday - promoting her sexual preference as one reason she'll get substantial support in a multi-candidate race.
• "Gay rights advocates want Illinois schools to be required to teach LGBT history" The Illinois General Assembly is considering making it mandatory for public school students to study figures notable in US and Illinois history, based on their sexual preferences.
• "Aurora approves city's first gay pride parade for June" And the state's second largest city - Aurora - will be celebrating non-heterosexual lifestyles in its first public parade on Father's Day, 2018. 

The Illinois Human Rights Act protects persons from discrimination based on an array of reasons - including, most recently, sexual orientation. It says:

"Sexual orientation" means actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or gender-related identity, whether or not traditionally associated with the person's designated sex at birth. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical or sexual attraction to a minor by an adult. 

Akin: Lawmakers still have time to pass lawsuit reform

By Travis Akin, Executive Director, Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch - 

Illinois stands alone in the Midwest, stubbornly clinging to the tired, arcane economic policies that are driving droves and droves of people out of the Land of Lincoln.

In 2017, Illinois lost 33,703 people and since 2010, Illinois has lost 643,000 residents net to other states.

Illinois is losing people at an alarming rate and the trend does not seem to be slowing down. Just last March, the City Club of Chicago had a panel discussion on what is causing the exodus from Illinois. The issue is becoming a national story, garnering headlines on national cable news programs.

Di Leo: Local Shade and International Trade

By John F. Di Leo - 

As the weather warms in May, and neighbors start taking constitutionals around the neighborhood again, we enjoy the fragrance of the flowering trees – apple, cherry, magnolia – and the spring colors of the flowering hedges – lilac, forsythia, and rhododendron.  True, the flowers don’t last long… so we enjoy them while we can.

As we watch, the buds grow fatter on the branches, as bursting leaves prepare to follow the spring blossoms.  Once the early petals are shed, these bushes and trees will be covered with leaves, as the magic of photosynthesis takes over and enables our neighborhood greenery to thrive for another year, rewarding us with the tree-lined streets we treasure.

To look at them, you’d never know that there’s a silent attacker, burrowing deep inside some of our trees – especially the quieter ones, the non-flowering trees like our stately oaks, elms, white fringetree, and especially ash and maple – those invasive insects of distant origin that feed their young by destroying our trees.

Walt Disney: American Dreamer

Walt Disney was the twentieth century’s prime example of American ingenuity. How did he do it? In this video, Glenn Beck, best-selling author and host of The Glenn Beck Program, explains how Disney became a household name, and how he proved that in America, the only limit to your ambition is your own imagination.

Fair Maps Amendment deadline passes for 2018

SPRINGFIELD - There will be no referendum on November's ballot calling for Fair Maps, the group backing it said Monday, because Sunday May 6th was the deadline for passage in the Illinois legislature.

Article XIV of the Illinois constitution requires a minimum six-month window between when the amendment is approved by three-fifths of both chambers and the next general election.

On behalf of the Illinois Redistricting Collaborative and all the organizations that endorsed the Fair Maps Amendment (HJRCA43/SJRCA26), CHANGE Illinois issued the following statement:

Schlafly's daughter to lobby against ERA Tuesday

SPRINGFIELD - The daughter of the late ERA opponent Phyllis Schlafly will be at the State Capitol Tuesday to speak directly with Illinois House members about the problems the Equal Rights Amendment would bring upon the nation if Illinois were to pass it.

"The Equal Rights Amendment is a fraud that will harm women and children," Anne Schlafly Cori wrote in an email to Eagle Forum members over the weekend. "Help me to Stop ERA this week. Join me in Springfield, Illinois to pass out baby socks, which represent that ERA will remove all legal restrictions on abortion including taxpayer-financing of abortion."

The ERA will enshrine abortion in the U.S. Constitution and remove any and all laws that have differences based on sex, Cori said.

Black conservatives call for end to Jim Crow era regulations

 

WASHINGTON DC –- Jim Crow-era regulations created for the express purpose of denying blacks economic opportunity are still on the books and must be repealed to promote black prosperity, according to the Project 21 black leadership network in its forthcoming "Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America."

Recommendations in Project 21's Blueprint meant to encourage employment opportunities for black communities are being released just after the U.S. Department of Labor' Bureau of Labor Statistics announced its April jobs report.

Ives, McSweeney Endorse Shaw For ILGOP Chairman

WHEATON - Sunday, State Representative and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) joined State Representative David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) in announcing their endorsement of Committeeman Mark Shaw for Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party over incumbent ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider. 

The split between the two candidates is lining up to be similar to the one the Illinois Republican Party showed in the Illinois Republican Primary Election earlier this year. 

Schneider is who Governor Rauner wants to lead the party while Shaw is the choice of the conservative wing of the IL GOP - the ones that supported Rep. Ives in the primary and nearly blocked Rauner as the party's 2018 gubernatorial nominee.

Ives and McSweeney point to Shaw's conservative principles and Schneider's failings as the reason they're endorsing the challenger in next Saturday's chairmanship selection.

“Mark Shaw has a record as a commonsense conservative who is unafraid to stand up for our party platform and take on the political ruling class in Illinois,” said Ives. “He will work with all members of our party to win races so we can pull this state back from the brink of financial disaster. The current chair has demonstrated neither the willingness or ability to advance our party in such a direction.”

Arlington Heights gun rights group offers free Teacher Training day

 

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - The Firearm Safety Institute based in Arlington Heights, IL - a suburb northwest of Chicago - is offering free gun safety training for teachers, administrators and school staff on May 19th, 2018.

 

"In the wake of the most recent tragedy, we once again see a public that is concerned, angered, scared, and looking for answers," organizer Gary Daugherty said in a statement released Friday.

While over 96% employed nationwide; Illinois job finders lag slightly

SPRINGFIELD - Over 96% of job-able Americans are employed now, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday - the highest since 2000. Unemployment lowered to 3.9% when 166,000 Americans found jobs last month. 

That's terrific news for the nation's workforce as a whole - but the state of Illinois' latest published figures show only two Illinois areas with similar high employment rates - 3.8% Bloomington and Champaign-Urbana metropolitan areas. 

41% say Trump could be re-elected in 2020

SPRINGFIELD - In deep blue states like Illinois, the Republican Party leadership does everything it can to distance itself from President Trump and his supporters. That strategy leaves Republican members of Congress high and dry - and on their own to win any districts that may swing between Republican and Democrat majorities. 

Rumors are swirling among D.C. operatives that Illinois could lose Republican seats in November in tight races such as Peter Roskam's 6th CD, Rodney Davis' 13th CD and some worry about Mike Bost's 12th CD. Democrats are pressing to win those districts in order to build up a Democrat majority that could impeach the president.

Despite all those concerns, a new Rasmussen poll shows that identifying with President Trump may not be a bad thing - and that more are expecting the president to win re-election in 2020.

IL GOP Senators unified in opposing progressive tax hike; but not LGBT history mandate

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Senate Republicans are encouraging Republicans to support their caucus fund - citing the group's unanimous opposition to the progressive tax Democrats want. They're just not unified on mandating LGBT history lessons.

Thorner & O'Neil: Baby Alfie Saga - A Dark Day for British Justice

By Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil - 

Public outrage continues against Britains’ socialist health care system after the hospital’s controversial decision to withdraw 23-month-old baby Alfie Evans' life support. A series of court rulings sided with doctors who said continuing Alfie's treatment was not in Alfie's best interests. Alfie's distraught and heartbroken parents disagreed and continued to fight for their baby’s life. This medical drama drew world-wide attention which has continued even after the announcement of Alfie's death on Saturday morning, April 28, 2018.

Longtime conservative donor Peter Huizenga dies at age 79

OAK BROOK - Illinois conservative activists and political candidates mourn the death of generous financial donor Peter Huizenga, who died Wednesday at age 79 after a long battle with cancer.

Huizenga's generosity to conservative causes stemmed from his deep religious faith and was made possible by his successful businesses ranging from waste collection to capital management. 

The Huizenga family immigrated from the Netherlands in the 1800s. Two generations later, Peter Huizenga, his cousin Wayne and his brother-in-law co-founded Waste Management, Inc in 1968. At the company's height, it was a $10 billion business that employed 75,000 worldwide. Later, Mr. Huizenga turned to capital management, growing the family's wealth and impact.

Pro-family community mourns death of Rockford-based leader Larry Jacobs

Larry Jacobs (second from right) at an international meeting in Greece

ROCKFORD - Pro-family activists worldwide are mourning the sudden death of Lawrence Jacobs, Managing Director of the International Organization for the Family and the World Congress of Families. Jacobs, 50, died Monday after suffering a sudden and unexpected stroke.

The Rockford-based organization is grief-stricken, President Brian S. Brown said in an announcement emailed Wednesday afternoon.

Federal pro-life lawmakers work to end taxpayer funding of abortions

Planned Parenthood just opened a new clinic in Flossmoor, Illinois

WASHINGTON - Title X funds that are used to assist low-income Americans with family planning methods and services are being co-mingled with funds that supplement abortion services - and that needs to stop, a letter from 153 Congress members to the Secretary of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. 

Six Republican congressmen from Illinois and one Democrat signed onto the letter: Republicans Randy Hultgren, John Shimkus, Mike Bost, Peter Roskam, Darin LaHood, Rodney Davis and Democrat Dan Lipinski. Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) was the only Republican that did not sign the letter. (Available here) 

Regulations for the Title X governance now require all funding recipients to refer their clients for abortion - something that prevents pro-life organizations from applying for taxpayer funded grants. 

Attention IL GOP House members: If you support ERA, the price will be pro-life group endorsements

LAKE COUNTY - Every day it looks more and more like the Illinois House could call for a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment - and if three-fifths of the GOP House members follow several of their colleagues in the Illinois Senate and vote to support the measure, they will pay a price.

So says the Lake County Right to Life, who, along with several pro-life groups, say they will refuse to endorse any lawmaker that chooses to support the ERA. Why? Because the ERA is a "pro-abortion" vote.

Di Leo: From Law School to Prison Ship: the Honorable Life of Elias Boudinot IV

By John F. Di Leo - 

Reflections on one of America’s first presidents on the anniversary of his birth…

When Elias Boudinot IV signed onto the Treaty of Paris in 1783, in his capacity as President of the Confederation Congress, ending the War of Independence after eight long years, he did so not as a distant politician, but as one who had been in the thick of it from the beginning.

As a respected attorney, politician, and member of the establishment, Elias Boudinot was hardly anyone’s mental image of a rebel leader... but then, one could say that of so many of our Founding Fathers.  Boudinot is therefore a wonderful example of that very rare, and very special, class of principled visionaries who risked everything - their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor - to establish an independent country of freeman, our liberty secured by a brilliant system founded on constitutionally limited government.

When Elias Boudinot IV was born in Philadelphia, on May 2, 1740 AD, no one would ever dream that such people, in such a place, would ever be revolutionaries. Philadelphia was then among the largest English speaking cities in the world, the home of proud British subjects, truly enjoying the freedom that England allowed in its distant colonies… long before Kings George II and George III commenced their ever-increasing steps toward tyranny in the 1750s and 1760s.

"Tax Cuts Work!" holds rally in Wauconda, after canceling in West Chicago

DUPAGE - Democrats that insist the Trump Administration's recent tax reforms are helping only the rich and powerful are ratcheting up pressure on Republican members of Congress that supported the measure. They effectively shut down the "Tax Cuts Work!" bus tour scheduled stop in DuPage County Sunday where Congressman Peter Roskam was scheduled to speak. 

Breitbart broke the story about the Job Creators' Network canceling Sunday's event, after speaking with event organizer Alfredo Ortiz.

"Rauner Party" Leadership calls on State Central Committee to re-elect Tim Schneider for party chairman

 
Tim Schneider, Cook County Commissioner and IL GOP Party Chairman

CHICAGO - In an email sent out Tuesday evening to members of the State Central Committee from IL GOP elected officials and statewide candidates calls for "Rauner Party" Chairman Tim Schneider to be re-elected. 

The appeal boasts how the Republican organizations work better together than ever before under Schneider's leadership at the IL GOP, but does not mention that the IL GOP has lost any meaningful financial support from grassroots and Illinois rank and file under Schneider's leadership. The IL GOP's latest filings show reports less than 10 individual contributions in the past six months.

As a result, the Illinois Republican Party is owned and directed by its biggest donor, Governor Rauner. Chairman Schneider appears to be fine with that. And evidently, all the statewide IL GOP candidates and every Republican member of Illinois' congressional caucus agrees with Rauner's funding and political strategy because they all signed onto the plea to support Schneider's re-election.

Bernie Sanders’ ‘Jobs’ Program Would Undo Our Real Economic Progress

What could go wrong with making government the employer of last resort? David Kreutzer explains why Bernie Sanders’s plan to have the government guarantee everyone a job won’t work:

Ten percent more regulation = 2.5 percent more poverty

It makes sense that regulation should increase poverty: Making it more expensive to run a business or pursue a profession reduces opportunities and raises prices. Not only that, regulation tends to affect low-income groups disproportionately. But, write Dustin Chambers, Patrick A. McLaughlin, and Laura Stanley, “[e]mpirically estimating this relationship [between regulation and poverty] was impossible until recently because of the unavailability of state-level regulatory data.” They continue:

What's a Greater Leap of Faith: God or the Multiverse?

What's a greater leap of faith: God or the Multiverse? What's the multiverse? Brian Keating, Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego, explains in this video.