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Midwest markets demonstrate resiliency during pandemic

by David Ronsick, Ryan Wallace, Dan Askew and Marissa Oberlander | Dec 14, 2021 | The Analyst, zOurWriters1

The Midwest region is a broad geography encompassing the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi and Ohio River watersheds. Major cities in the area include well-known names like Chicago and Detroit, and fast-growing smaller cities like Minneapolis and Columbus, OH. While...

Is Amazon Fresh the next transformative force in groceries?

by BJ Feller | Dec 8, 2021 | Golden Oldie, The Analyst

Originally published April 2021. Imagine a grocery store of the future, located in your average middle-class suburb, somewhere in America. On the way to picking up the children from soccer practice, a mother quickly realises she forgot to get the ingredients for that...

Stop protecting presidents from history

by James Bovard | Nov 18, 2021 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

Former president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block release of speech drafts, call logs and handwritten notes regarding the 6 January Capitol Clash. Trump is seeking to prohibit the National Archives from delivering those records to a congressional committee...

An open letter to a candidate for political office

by Donald J Boudreaux | Nov 11, 2021 | The Professor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

Ms Shrina Kurani, On 30 October I received from you a blast email requesting that I contribute to your political campaign. For reasons explained below, I’ll not do so. (The one and only time that I contributed money to a candidate for political office was 25...

New single-family home sales rose in September as prices continue to surge

by Robert Hughes | Nov 11, 2021 | Residential Investor

Sales of new single-family homes posted a strong gain in September, increasing 14.0% to 800,000 at a seasonally adjusted annual rate from a 702,000 pace in August. Despite the gain, sales are down 17.6% from the year-ago level and are 19.4% below the 993,000 pace in...