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My son Gideon has now finished both his ACT and SAT college entrance exams (scoring at an impressive percentile somewhere between “It’s …it’s…go ask my wife” and “Never you MIND what his father’s score was”), but I wonder if the tests will still be relevant when HIS hypothetical kids reach college age.

I do not believe that there are any undecided voters left in Pennsylvania. I say this after watching the recent Town Hall in Philadelphia, where some allegedly “undecided” voters gathered to ask questions of Donald Trump at the Constitution Center.

Of all the economic systems that have developed over the last two centuries, none has created so much wealth as Capitalism. With that wealth has come the lengthening of the life span, the increased possibility of eliminating poverty and famine, and the expansion of the range of human choices. However, despite all the significant benefits of Capitalism, it has been a system that has been greatly misunderstood and frowned upon by many economists, political and religious leaders because it was deemed too materialistic and corrupt.