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The Great Pyramids of China

January 21st, 2011

By Brianna Aubin The last time I was in Chicago, I had some time to kill before my appointment. So I decided to go to the nearby John Hancock building in order to ride up to the observatory there and view the city. For those of you who have never visited, Chicago is quite beautiful, [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: bubble, Chicago, China, free economy, pyramids, real estate, skyscrapers
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In Which I Get a Question Answered on PJTV

January 11th, 2011

By Brianna Aubin A couple of weeks ago, the Front Page did a segment on how China might well be one huge investment bubble right now, with currency inflation, bad debt on the government books, and a property bubble larger than the one we had in the U.S. So I commented: Thanks for going into what [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: bonds, China, currency, debt, financial, inflation, markets, PJTV, U.S.
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Cargo Cult Economics

December 18th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin Pretend that you are on a desert island with six other people. One guy hunts, another fishes, a third collects firewood, the fourth hauls water, the fifth gathers fruits and vegetables, the sixth builds huts, and you … eat. Yes, that’s right. Your job is eating. You pick up seashells off the beach, and [...]

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Tags: cargo cult, Federal Reserve, Keynesian, money, productivity, value
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The Nazi of Nanking

December 9th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin Last spring, I read a book called The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. Iris was the descendant of Chinese immigrants; her parents were actually professors at my university, so she grew up here in Chambana. Her grandparents had managed to flee Nanking before it had been taken by the Japanese; it [...]

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Tags: Iris Chang, Japan, Japanese Army, murder, Muslim, Nanking, Nazi, Rabe, rape
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Limited By What?

November 13th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin “We want limited government!” The cries can be heard everywhere, from signs at the smallest Tea Party protests to speeches given by the most prominent conservatives and Republicans. But the cry for limited government begs the question: limited by what? And when it comes to the answer to that question, it seems that nobody’s [...]

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Tags: Constitution, liberty, limited government, natural law, property, rights
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Brother, You Ain’t My Keeper!

October 28th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin Last week, Pres. Obama gave a speech in Portland where he declared, yet again, that he is his “brother’s keeper.” …we believe in a country that rewards hard work and responsibility. We believe in a country that prizes innovation and entrepreneurship. But we also believe in a country where we look after [...]

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Tags: brother's keeper, charity, coercion, election, left, leftist, Obama, taxes
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Calling Juan Williams “Irrational” Is Ignoring Reality

October 26th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin This letter to the editor was sent in to the Daily Illini in response to their editorial on Juan Williams getting fired from NPR: Saying that it is irrational for Mr. Williams to worry that a co-passenger on a plane who visibly identifies as Muslim might be an Islamist plotting a terrorist attack is like [...]

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Tags: Daily Illini, Fox News, islamist, Juan Williams, Muslim, NPR, terrorism
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Random Thoughts

October 16th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin I’ve always found it ironic that although the Left is quite enthusiastic about helping small business, the middle class, and the pursuit of the American dream, they then immediately go on to punish any of those small businessmen or middle class members who actually manage to attain the American dream by becoming [...]

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Tags: business, conservatives, Democrats, government, leftists, Republicans
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Obama Calls For Repeal of Laws of Thermodynamics

October 15th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin Last night President Obama, with the full backing of the Democratic Party, shocked the nation by calling for a repeal of the Laws of Thermodynamics, which he claims have been “nothing but an impediment to my efforts to get this country out of the recession.” When asked why he felt it necessary [...]

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Tags: economy, energy, Laws of Thermodynamics, poverty, repeal, satire
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An Evening With Daniel Pipes

October 14th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin Does the War on Terror still exist? What is the status of that war? Exactly who and what are we fighting? Our government officials frame the debate in very general terms, with the DOD calling the fight an “overseas contingency operation,” and Napolitano infamously referring to the problem of terrorism as a [...]

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Tags: communism, fascism, Islam, islamist, Pipes, terrorism, war on terror
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