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Peer Review Is Broken - Here's How To Fix It Authored by Rob Jenkins and Michael R. Jenkins via the Brownstone Institute, Within academia, there seems to be a growing consensus that the peer-review system—once the backbone of academic scholarship—is broken. But is it irreparably so? Perhaps. At the very least, the breakdown of its current form is worth exploring. However, rather than abandoning the entire endeavor, we believe we have a novel solution. First, though, let us examine where the system went wrong. In the Middle Ages, most scientific research was...

February Net Trailer Orders Down 43% As Bookings Fall 26% Preliminary February net trailer orders fell by about 10,000 units from January’s 23,300, a 43% month-over-month decline, according to TheTrucker.com. “Sequentially, a drop in net orders was expected, as the industry transitions from the strongest to the weakest order months of the annual cycle,” said Jennifer McNealy, director CV market research & publications at ACT Research. “Trailer makers now will begin to take fewer orders and start to work down the backlog that grew during the peak of order season at the...

US Property Foreclosure Filings Increase 14% Year Over Year Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, There were a total of 40,355 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in May—down 5 percent month-over-month but up by 14 percent compared to the same period in 2025. “The increase marks the continuation of a trend of rising foreclosure activity on an annual basis,” real estate analytics company ATTOM said in a June 11 statement. In April, foreclosure filings were up 18 percent from a year back. And in the first quarter of 2026, filings...