Tag: capitalism

An American Majority, Not a Republican Majority: Part 2—Lessons From President Reagan

Commentary To really understand the American majority that we can build, we must understand the one that emerged to support President Ronald Reagan. Further, it is essential to understand how much Reagan had learned from President Richard Nixon and the emerging, massive, anti-left majority that first appeared in 1972. Understanding the Rise of Nixon In…


American Majority, Not a Republican Majority: Part 1

Commentary This is the first of four columns outlining the potential for a dramatic shift in the American political and governmental system. These columns are dedicated to turning a temporary opportunity into a permanent change that can create a stable reform government for several generations. The combination of Big Government Socialism, woke radicalism, a governing…


Chinese Economy Going Backward to Mao’s Era; Restoring US Economy to Compete Against the CCP

China is pushing for a nationwide market economy. But is it capitalism or a state-planned economy? We break down what the new proposal means for China’s economic future and if the world will be affected by it. We also speak with Ken Blackwell on how to best compete against China. Republicans call the current competition…


EPA Nominee Whose Tweet #ResistCapitalism Advocated ‘Climate Reparations’ Now Closer to Senate Confirmation

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) deadlocked 10-10 on April 7 on the nomination of Carlton Waterhouse to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—but a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could still send it to the Senate…


EPA Nominee Who Said #ResistCapitalism, Advocated ‘Climate Reparations’ Now Closer to Senate Confirmation

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) deadlocked 10-10 on April 7 on the nomination of Carlton Waterhouse to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—but a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could still send it to the Senate…


Free Market Capitalism Is Under Siege—From Capitalists

Commentary We live in a strange world. John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, helped provide the energy that powered the American century beginning in the early 1900s. Today, his grandchildren spend the billions of dollars that he donated to the Rockefeller Foundation to attack the same oil and gas industry that he almost…


Free Economy and Social Order

Commentary  Most of us, and all of us most of the time, deal with the market economy as a definite type of economic order, a sort of “economic technique” as opposed to the socialist “technique.” For this view, it is significant that we call its constructional principle the “price mechanism.” Here we move in the…


What Societal Drivers Are Compelling the Great Resignation?

Commentary Everywhere you look today restaurants are closing early or open less hours because they don’t have enough employees. The same is true in other industries—reduced hours resulting in supply chain issues, etc. The Great Resignation is happening, but is capitalism to blame for it? Capitalism has elevated more people out of poverty than any…


Federal Privacy Watchdog Warns of Growing Dangers of ‘Surveillance Capitalism’

OTTAWA—The federal privacy watchdog is warning Canadians about the growing threat of surveillance capitalism—the use of personal information by large corporations. In his annual report tabled Thursday in Parliament, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said state surveillance—a major concern after the 9/11 terrorist attacks—has been reined in somewhat in recent years. Meanwhile, personal data has emerged…


China’s ‘Historical Resolutions’ Solidify Communist Leaders’ Authorities

Commentary There are many documents in the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but there are only a few so-called “historical resolutions.” That tells the significance of these documents. The passage of these historical resolutions indicates two major turning points within the CCP—one in 1981 and the other in 2021. The 1981 historical resolution…