Population

Chart of the Day: The Coming Population Bomb Implosion

World’s population to increase by nearly 2 billion in next 30 years, but UN forecasts that rapid growth may stop by 2100 – because of falling fertility rates.
The National Debt

Chart of the Day: CBO New Projection: Federal Debt Will Reach Record Levels Sooner...

Nation’s fiscal and economic outlook deteriorated since last CBO baseline in May of this year, when CBO projected debt would reach a record 110% of GDP by 2032.

Chart of the Day: The Profile of a Mass Shooter

Considering recent news about mass shootings, it might be helpful to look at some data concerning the profile of a mass shooter from the Violence Project and others.
Education

Do We Need the Federal Government Giving Parents “Public Funds” To Encourage Home Education?

Will federal education funding bills, if enacted into law, give rise to federal involvement—perhaps intrusion—in private and home education?
Oil Terminal

Chart of the Day: Preview Next Move in Oil – Where’s All That Russian...

Chart shows 4-week moving average exports of Russian crude oil for 2021, 2022, and 2023. Notice 2023 does not seem to be hurt by sanctions imposed on Russia.
The Concept Series: Concept Notwithstanding

THE CONCEPT SERIES: Concept Notwithstanding I – Not A Consensus To Do Evil

The Concept series establishes a cordon of doubt around firmly stated, but subjectively held, principles of truth and democratic belief, albeit used to govern our politics and personal beliefs.
Saving The Soul of a Nation

The Critical Series – Points of Analysis 4: Brandished Logic

Our constitutional government refuses to make citizens obtain an ID in order to comply with one-to-one correspondence voting requirements at polling locations.
Sonic Coming Down

Chart of the Day: Inflation Cools – But Where Next?

Inflation cools in the US with a notable drop in headline CPI (but a rise in core CPI), with headline CPI +0.1% MoM (+5.0%...
Help: US Drowning in Government Debt

Chart of the Day: Help, US Drowning in Government Debt – $1 Trillion So...

The federal deficit topped $1 trillion in the first six months of fiscal 2023 (October through March), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released. This was...
College Tuition Increase Cartoon

Chart of the Day: Do Americans Think that College is Worth It?

The average cost of college in the US is $35,551 per student per year (as of April 2023), including books, supplies, and daily living expenses.
Secession from the United States

Chart of the Day: Americans Increasingly Are Looking for a National Divorce

In this episode of The Vivek Show, Vivek Ramaswamy talks to Chris Elston, a father on a mission to protect children from the dangers of gender ideology.
Gold Bars

Is a New Gold Standard Possible?

The worse government policies become and more deranged and dysfunctional the Federal Reserve, the more people are turning to gold, the time-tested monetary truth.