Rich in Thought

19/07/2023

Are you curious about the significant impact of the recent landmark Supreme Court case on college admissions?

Explore "Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College," a groundbreaking legal battle reshaping the landscape of education in the United States.

Discover the implications for students, educators, and society at large. Uncover how this legal milestone might mark a pivotal moment in the pursuit of equal educational opportunities.

History might archive this tectonic shift in jurisprudence as a "Third Founding" for our Nation, returning to the ideals and values upon which America was built.

https://richinthoughtconsulting.com/students-for-fair-admissions-inc-v-president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-a-third-founding-of-the-united-states/

03/04/2023

Thoughts? Does this show people "voting with their feet" against leftist policies and leaders, or does this show conservatives in leftist counties fleeing for more conservative-friendly areas?

01/04/2023

This appears to be a really, really big problem. As America leans more and more on "clean" energy production for its power infrastructure, we are relying more and more on China to make it happen. Regardless of the very questionable viability of current "clean" energy technology, is this wise?

https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/where-are-clean-energy-technologies-manufactured/

01/03/2023

"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."

- Thomas Sowell

28/02/2023

27/02/2023

Are we headed toward insolvency? Insolvency is a situation in which a country cannot pay its debts.

Here is a sobering visualization of the recently released 10-year federal budget projections from the Congressional Budget Office for 2023-2033.

The cost of servicing federal debt overtakes defense spending on a dollar basis in 2028. In 2031, it starts to exceed the cost of all other “discretionary” government programs, meaning everything except mandatory programs like Medicare and Social Security.

Meanwhile, President Biden attempted (by fiat) to circumvent Congress and forgive student loans, a cost that will exceed $400 billion over 30 years (according to the Congressional Budget Office); and lawmakers recently agreed to provide Ukraine with roughly $112 billion in four separate spending bills.

Link to CBO report: chrome-extensio://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2023-02/58848-Outlook.pdf

27/02/2023

The First and most fundamental freedom is at risk. Its greatest threat is not government or regulators, but the ignorance of Americans (freely) contemplating ways of limiting the freedom of others.

82% say it’s hard to ban hate speech because people can’t agree on what speech is hateful or offensive.

Despite this, the survey also found Americans willing to censor, regulate, or punish a wide variety of speech and expression they personally find offensive:
• 51% of strong liberals say it’s “morally acceptable” to punch N***s.
• 53% of Republicans favor stripping U.S. citizenship from people who burn the American flag.
• 51% of Democrats support a law that requires Americans use transgender people’s preferred gender pronouns.
• 47% of Republicans favor bans on building new mosques.
• 58% of Democrats say employers should punish employees for offensive Facebook posts.
• 65% of Republicans say NFL players should be fired if they refuse to stand for the national anthem.

https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/survey-reports/pdf/the-state-of-free-speech-and-tolerance.pdf

27/02/2023

"Russia is proposing to help the Iranians on their missile program and also at least considering the possibility of providing fighter aircraft to Iran as well," said William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Sunday.

CIA director William Burns said that the collaboration between Iran and Russia is "moving at a pretty fast clip in a very dangerous direction."

27/02/2023

As the United States was watching the skies in the aftermath of the spy balloon incident, China may have been acting at sea.

In early February, maritime vessels disabled the two undersea cables connecting Taiwan’s Matsu Islands, a tiny archipelago just 10 nautical miles off China’s coast, to the internet.

Now residents of the islands face highly reduced internet connectivity until the cables are repaired. The activity looks like targeted harassment by Beijing—or an exercise in preparation for cutting off the whole of Taiwan.

The cutoff of the Matsu Islands may be a dry run for further aggression.

03/02/2023

Capitalism in action...

This graphic shows the regional breakdown of the world’s working poor, and how this demographic has changed since 1995.

30/01/2023

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/11-tech-trends-to-watch-2023/

This infographic highlights eleven exciting areas within the world of technology worth keeping an eye on in 2023.

22/01/2023

Penny for your thoughts?

From the article: "Edelman notes that polarization is both 'cause and consequence of distrust,' creating a self-fulfilling cycle. ..[C]oncerns about the erosion of civility and weakening social fabric also lead to polarization."

Is he right and, if so, what can be done to reverse the trend?

This chart plots polarization for various countries based on the Edelman Trust Institute's annual survey of 32,000+ people.

20/01/2023

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15/01/2023

Is environmentalism just a woke argument that the planet should survive at the expense of its inhabitants? Konstantin Kisin explains...

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05/01/2023

Two nuclear-armed powers are currently contesting the fate of Ukraine. One side, Russia, is directly engaged in conventional warfare. However, the US and its allies are fighting indirectly by providing Ukraine with what Alex Karp, chief executive of Palantir Technologies Inc., calls “the power of advanced algorithmic warfare systems.” These are now so potent, he recently told the Washington Post’s David Ignatius, that they “equate to having tactical nuclear weapons against an adversary with only conventional ones.” Take a moment to ponder the implications of that.

2022 was the year in which war made a comeback. But Cold War II could become World War III in 2023 — with China as the arsenal of autocracy.

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27/12/2022

Have we "educated" an entire generation to be offended? What do you think?
Comment below...👇

27/12/2022

26/12/2022

Business Insights: Creativity and leadership may seem at odds with each other. The truth is that they overlap more than you might realize because creativity can help you see situations from a different perspective and effectively solve problems and challenges. Here's what we've learned...

Creativity and leadership may seem at odds with each other. The truth is that they overlap more than you might realize because creativity can help you see situations from a different perspective and effectively solve problems and challenges. Creativity, for instance, is how businesses figure out new...