“Creating a Nation”: The Declaration of Independence and the Nation Anachronism

Education Department Probes Stanford Over Alleged Racial Discrimination Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has initiated an investigation into Stanford University to determine whether one of its programs is racially discriminatory and violates Title VI. Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, and color in educational programs that receive financial assistance from the federal government. At...

"This Chart Should Stop You Cold In Your Tracks" Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance One of my favorite contrarian analysts to read posted a great thread this week noting what he sees as one of the most overlooked risks facing U.S. equities in 2026. Gordon Johnson argues that an unprecedented wave of equity issuance could overwhelm available investor capital. In a great thread on X, Johnson, of GLJ Research, argued that investors should not interpret the current IPO boom as a sign of market strength. Instead, he contends that history suggests record issuance periods...

Kenyan Court Rejects Plan For US Ebola Quarantine Center Amid Growing Outbreak Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams A day after US officials said Kenya had approved a request to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to a rare strain of the Ebola virus, a court in the East African nation on Friday temporarily blocked the plan amid a growing outbreak in neighboring Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The High Court prohibited the Kenyan government from establishing or operating any Ebola exposure, quarantine, isolation, or treatment facility in the country under any...