Commentary In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church, reflecting Plato and Aristotle, considered money lending charging interest to be a grave evil, for reasons ranging from the metaphysical to practical concerns regarding exploitation of the poor and personal responsibility. While there was never an absolute prohibition of providing credit stated in either the Old or…

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been exerting a large influence on corporations around the world in advancing its socialist agendas to emerge victorious agains the West, according to Trevor Loudon, a political researcher and EpochTV host. The CCP exerts its influence in various ways, including: adopting its state capitalism economic model and supporting similar models…

Commentary Elon Musk, the wunderkind CEO and co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX, is playing in dangerous sandboxes. On June 20, he proposed a “cage match” with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who accepted the challenge, albeit with the date to be determined. Both tech titans are martial arts enthusiasts. The fight venue is under discussion, with…

China’s communist regime drafted a “patriotic education law” during its rubber-stamp National People’s Congress to maintain “national unity”. A spokesperson for the Legislative Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress said on June 25 a draft of a patriotic education law would be reviewed June 26-27. The spokesperson said the move aimed to promote and…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) published a video message to socialists and communists on Tuesday morning that garnered upwards of 38,000 replies and 26 million views on Twitter as of Wednesday. “Let me give a travel warning: if you’re a socialist, communist, someone that believes in big government, I would think twice—think twice if you’re thinking about…

Commentary It’s common now to speak of the before times in contrast to the after times. The turning point was of course March 16, 2020, the day of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, though authoritarian trends predate that. Rights were suddenly broadly throttled, even religious rights. We were told to conduct every aspect of…

One of the most famous articles in economics, written by Milton Friedman and published in The New York Times, states: “The businessmen believe that they are defending free enterprise when they declaim that business is not concerned ‘merely’ with profit but also with promoting desirable ‘social’ ends; that business has a ‘social conscience’ and takes…

Commentary Last December, the journal Nature published an article bearing the title, “Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help.” The subtitle proclaims, “Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective.” As the article itself makes plain, these folks aren’t advocating slower growth;…

Is the COVID vaccine linked to sudden deaths in young people? A Wall Street expert challenges mainstream narratives with his unique ability to analyze data and recognize patterns before everyone else. Edward Dowd is a founding partner with Phinance Technologies who has spent most of his career on Wall Street. Recently, he published a new…

Is the COVID vaccine linked to sudden deaths in young people? A Wall Street expert challenges mainstream narratives with his unique ability to analyze data and recognize patterns before everyone else. Edward Dowd is a founding partner with Phinance Technologies who has spent most of his career on Wall Street. Recently, he published a new…