Commentary In “Civilization: The West and the Rest” historian Niall Ferguson asks why, from about 1500 AD, the West was able to rise from being a backwater of illiterate, unhygienic bumpkins to become the greatest civilization the world had ever seen. He suggests an answer: the West created what he calls “the six killer apps”…

Commentary Two years ago, major American cities were segregated by vaccine status. Mask mandates delineated safe and unsafe. Signs told us to be separate from each other. We couldn’t even encounter each other during shopping thanks to one-way grocery aisles. We were not allowed to visit families or even attend funerals. Weddings were out of…

Little more than a decade ago, DEI was just another arcane acronym, a clustering of three ideas, each to be weighed and evaluated against other societal values. The terms “diversity, equity, and inclusion” weren’t yet being used in the singular, as one all-inclusive, non-negotiable moral imperative. Nor had they coalesced into a bureaucratic juggernaut running…

Alex Shilkrut has deep roots in Manhattan, where he has lived for 16 years, works as a physician, and sends his daughter to a public elementary school for gifted students in coveted District 2. It’s a good life. But Shilkrut regretfully says he may leave the city, as well as a job he likes in…

Commentary Like many political junkies, I have been following the leadership race for the next leader of the UK Conservative Party and, thus, the next prime minister. The contest will soon be decided by party members, who will choose between the current chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, and the current foreign secretary, Liz Truss….

Commentary Deep divisions and endless hostility—especially around the controversial topics of race and discrimination—threaten to tear our nation apart. Such serious matters must be discussed and resolved. But they shouldn’t make us forget the one thing that has always united Americans of varied ethnicities, races, and religions as one people. Very simply, it is the…

We sat down with Kenneth Xu, author of “The Inconvenient Minority,” and discussed how America’s system of meritocracy is being subverted, as well as potential solutions.   Stay tuned for our newsletter so you won’t miss out on our exclusive videos and private events. Facts Matter is an Epoch Times show available on YouTube. Follow Roman on…

Commentary In the current cultural climate, meritocracy is dismissed as antiquated and unjust—a failed doctrine of the patriarchy. But this foundational virtue of democracy shouldn’t be discarded so casually. It is an equalizing approach based on the principle that individuals can advance and thrive on the basis of talent, effort, and achievement rather than on…

“They claim to be attacking white supremacy, but really, they’re attacking meritocracy,” says Kenny Xu, author of “An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy.” Asian Americans are penalized for working hard and held to much higher standards than their non-Asian peers in the admission processes for America’s elite…

As talk of systemic racism increasingly dominates society, at least one group doesn’t quite fit the narrative. At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sat down with Kenny Xu, author of the upcoming book “An Inconvenient Minority,” and Kangmin Lee, a YouTuber and content creator, to discuss Asian-American success in America, woke ideology, and…