Image: Hunters in the Snow
A snapshot of life, painted in 1565
Map: Growing Irreligion in the Arab World
The percentage of people that do not consider themselves to be religious has increased sharply in most countries
How US and Russian Nuclear Arsenals Have Shrunk
As China has supplanted Russia as the leading military and economic rival to the US, its absence from arms controls agreements have rendered them obsolete
Image: The Harvesters
A snapshot of life, painted in 1565
The Death of the ‘New Deal’ – Time for the ‘Real Deal’
Now is the time for free-market advocates to rally around a hopeful and believable ‘Real Deal’
Map: Ur, Babylon, and the Ancient Middle East – Every Year
If you have every wondered why there are 60 seconds in a minute and not 100, you can thank the Sumerians
Image: The Sandvik Fiord
Hans Fredrik Gude – (1825-1903)
The Most Important Number for the US Economy
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits
Image: The Band Aid
If deficits don’t matter why are we paying taxes?
Jim Grant: Fed and Treasury Challenging the Very Notion of Scarcity
‘We’re running out of road’