Category: Trends & News

Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most interesting, absurd, and concerning stories we are following this week. New Zealand officially legalizes paying employees with crypto-currency  New Zealand issued a tax bulletin this month officially recognizing that it is legal for employers to pay employees with crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. The

In the early 1760s, Mayer Rothschild began building a banking dynasty that would last for centuries. The elder Rothschild sent his five sons across Europe to establish banks in cities like Paris and London. One son, Nathan Rothschild, took the lead and expanded the family’s banking dynasty. With siblings in different countries, the

Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week. Dad sued for slander because he criticized the education system Careful what you say about your kid’s public school curriculum. The company behind a controversial common core math program in North Carolina is

It was probably after 2am last night when I walked up the stairs to bed after a marathon seven hour dinner. But that’s pretty normal here. This is the eighth year in a row I have spent my summer holiday at this 400 year old villa in the Italian countryside. I invited a

I feel like a complete broken man right now. I’m exhausted. Sleep deprived. Malnourished. My muscles are sore. My back is killing me. I’m so hoarse I can barely speak. Yet despite all that I couldn’t possibly be feeling more excited and exhilarated. My 10th annual liberty and entrepreneurship workshop just ended yesterday

Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week. 10 year old charged for assault… with a dodgeball A ten year old boy will be brought to juvenile court on assault charges. His heinous crime was hitting another 10 year old in

Ten years ago, at the peak of the global financial crisis, the Board of Trustees which oversees Social Security in the United States issued a stark warning: They projected that Social Security’s enormous trust funds would completely run out of money in 2039. Naturally nobody paid attention. Back in 2009 the economy in

The federal government sold your Social Security Number for FIVE dollars Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week. Equifax fined $700 million… for 147 million person data breach Do you remember back in 2017 when Equifax (the giant consumer credit

“Gentlemen… the National Debt… is paid.” That sentence has been uttered in Washington DC exactly one time ever, by a Senator announcing that the US government was officially debt free. That was on January 8, 1835 when the debt that the United States government had accrued since its birth was finally paid off.

Here’s our Friday roll up of the most bizarre stories we’re following this week. Mom can’t sue cop who accidentally shot her child On July 10, 2014, a Sheriff’s Deputy from a rural county in southern Georgia was in pursuit of a suspect when he wandered onto the property of Ms. Amy Corbitt.

The first time I met Steven Seagal, it was in the lobby of a posh hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. He came downstairs sharply dressed, complete with his yellow-tinged ‘Tony Stark’ sunglasses, ready to hit the nightclubs for the evening. My friend Adam introduced us. Steven bowed to me, and, slightly puzzled, I bowed

Here’s our weekly roll-up of the most absurd and concerning articles we came across this week from both sides of the Atlantic. 8th grader gets 3-week suspension for picture of airsoft gun Airsoft guns are toy guns which shoot little plastic BBs. As long as kids are wearing safety glasses, these guns pose

Every time I come to Singapore I can’t help but marvel at its spectacular rise. I have a number of local friends who have been living here since independence in the 1960s, and they tell me the most incredible stories about how impoverished and underdeveloped Singapore was back then. Things were so backward

Here’s our Friday roll up of the most absurd and concerning articles we came across this week. US Government officials consider banning end to end encryption Leaders from US government agencies are rumored to be pursuing a ban on end-to-end encryption. Tech companies like Apple and Google often build encryption into their technology