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11 Celebrities Who Served In The Military Before They Got Famous

You've seen them on TV and at the movies, playing roles where they make you laugh, fight bad guys and sometimes even show off their bare behinds. But did you know they were veterans? These are 11...

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Keeping Capital Gains Taxes Low Actually Helps Growth

The left keeps banging away at the preferential tax treatment of capital gains income. And that may be good politics. But is it good economics? Here is Tino Sanandaji, explaining the meaning of the...

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4 Mistakes Young Entrepreneurs Make That Waste Time And Money

I mentor many college students, including those at Colgate University (my alma mater) for the school’s own entrepreneurship program, TIA – Thought Into Action Institute. There are a few classic...

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A Rare Star Explosion Exposed A Hidden Black Hole

Astronomers have spotted a rare X-ray star explosion near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, revealing a previously unknown black hole munching on gas from a neighboring sun-like star. NASA's Swift...

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Hey Romney: It's Almost Impossible To Charge Ahmadinejad With Inciting Genocide

YESTERDAY during the foreign-policy debate, Mitt Romney promised that as president, he would indict Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, for incitement to genocide. One of Mr Romney's senior...

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5 Ways Millennials Can Justify Job Hopping During The Next Interview

There's no denying that job hopping is popular among Generation Y (aka the Millennials). About 91 percent of this age group are likely to leave their job in less than three years, according to the...

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7 Jobs For Multitaskers That Are In Demand Right Now

Multitasking has gotten a bad rap recently—more than one study has shown it makes you less efficient and, well, stupider. (As someone once said, “Multitasking means screwing up several things at...

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New Size Estimates Define How Much Earth's Glaciers Could Raise Sea Level

The relatively small glaciers that drape the planet's mountains will play an important role in future sea level rise, according to a new study that estimated glaciers' collective size. Researchers...

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Rat Brains On A Microchip Could Help Cure Alzheimer's

A new microchip device that contains living brain and circulatory cells is designed to act like one tiny part of the human brain, leading the chip's creators to dub the device a "brain-on-a-chip."...

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Scientifically Speaking, A 100-Year-Old Man Can Father A Child

The world's oldest new dad, who, at the reported age of 96, just fathered a baby boy in India, says he's done having kids. But if he wanted to break his record again in a couple years, would biology...

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Everyone Expects The Fed To Discuss 2 Issues Today

NOTE: This post was originally published on Tuesday, October 23. The Federal Reserve's two-day meeting begins today. Given the proximity of the election and the fact that an open-ended asset purchase...

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Dow Chemical Earnings Leak, Management Announces 1,500 Layoffs, Blames...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co, the largest chemical maker in the United States, said on Tuesday it plans to cut 5 percent of its workforce and shutter 20 plants as part of a restructuring...

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The Concerns That Spooked Markets On Black Monday Are Comical Compared To The...

By:  Peter Schiff Monday, October 22, 2012 25 years ago, on another Monday in late October, the financial world seemed to disintegrate in a heartbeat. Though the 205 point drop in the Dow last Friday...

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Federal Appeals Court Stops Indiana Cutting Funding To Planned Parenthood

Indiana can’t block state-administered Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood just because the organization provides abortions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, upholding the crux of a lower...

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America's Next President Could Destroy The Mortgage Industry

Two questions on every mortgage applicant’s mind: What are the current mortgage rates? Does it make sense to wait until after the presidential election to complete my purchase or refinance? Let’s be...

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Romney's Plans Would Trigger A War With Iran, Says Former Mossad Chief

Israelis responded with delight and perhaps even a little vanity to their starring role in the final debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. The top headline on...

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Obama's Ground Game Will Make It Harder For Romney To Win Iowa

It’s Election Day in Iowa, and it has been for weeks. Recent polling in the state shows Republican Mitt Romney quickly closing the gap in the presidential race, but that may be less and less important...

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This Election Is Turning Into A Battle For The Senate

After congressional Democrats suffered what President Obama characterized as a "shellacking" in the 2010 midterm elections — forcing Rep. Nancy Pelosi to relinquish the speaker's gavel — it appeared...

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The Army Needs To Brace For Change As The Pentagon Heads To The Pacific

With the war in Afghanistan winding down, the U.S. Army’s senior leadership has started taking deliberate steps to ensure the service’s viability in future conflicts, particularly those in the Pacific...

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10 Points To Keep In Mind About Taxes In America

The word "tax" was mentioned 109 times during last week's presidential debate. For comparison, the first presidential debate of 2004 only saw six mentions of the word "tax." In the 2000 debate, "tax"...

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