Month: April 2021

GOP Trustbusters Are Embracing Progressives’ Agenda

Commentary It’s not too often that Republicans embrace the agenda of leftist Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. But it’s happening. Sen. Josh Hawley, the young Republican senator from Missouri, has introduced a bill in Congress entitled: “Trustbusting for the Twenty-First Century Act.” It may be the most dangerous bill to our economy from a…


Consulate Officials Meet Mother of Man Tortured in China Over Posts About Leader’s Daughter

Nine countries have condemned the alleged torture of a 21-year-old man in China jailed for 14 years for posting personal details of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s daughter online. Officials from the nine countries, including the United States, UK, France, Holland, Switzerland, and Canada, met with Niu Tengyu’s mother to ask about what happened to him,…


Video: Live Q&A: Jurors Find Chauvin Guilty On All Charges; Witness Threatened

Jurors agreed to convict former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on April 20 on all charges for the death of George Floyd. During the trials, a witness was threatened, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) was criticized for calling on protesters to become “more confrontational,” and cities are now bracing for potential riots. In this live Q&A…


2021 Federal Budget Spends Large on Canada’s Credit Card

Commentary The 2021 federal budget released on April 19 solidifies the legacy of the Trudeau government—it pays for spending with the country’s credit card and shows a disregard for the country’s growing debt. As outlined in Budget 2021, Ottawa expects revenues this year (2021/22) to exceed expectations from the economic update released in November 2020 by…


Texas Senate Lacks Votes to Pass No-Permit Carry of Handguns, Lt. Gov. Says

Days after the Texas House passed a landmark bill that would allow permitless carry of handguns, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that there currently aren’t enough votes in the Republican-led Senate to pass the measure. “If we have the votes to pass a permitless carry bill off the Senate floor, I will move it,” Patrick…


Texas Lt. Gov. Says Senate Lacks Votes to Pass No-Permit Carry of Handguns, Vows Talks to ‘Find a Path’ Forward

Days after the Texas House passed a landmark bill that would allow permitless carry of handguns, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that there aren’t enough votes in the GOP-led Senate to pass the measure. “If we have the votes to pass a permitless carry bill off the Senate floor, I will move it,” Patrick said…


Bank of England Sees Potential Risks From Cloud Data Providers

LONDON—The Bank of England might strengthen its controls on cloud data providers and other technology firms to counter possible risks to the stability of the financial system from the rise of fintech, Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said. The Bank of England (BoE) has expressed concerns before about the reliance by financial firms, especially fintech startups,…


China and Russia–the New Axis Powers?

Commentary Are China and Russia conspiring powers, the way Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were conspiring together against Poland before the former invaded the latter in World War II? History Repeating Itself? Before we go further, a caveat is in order. It’s often said that history repeats itself, or at times, tends to rhyme. But…


An American Repudiation of Tlaib and Waters

Commentary House Democrats have produced two radical demagogues whose policies would endanger the lives of innocent Americans, lead to the breakdown of society, and undermine the U.S. Constitution. Specifically, Reps. Maxine Waters and Rashida Tlaib have recently acted in ways that reflect unfavorably on the House of Representatives and betray their oaths to uphold and…


Video: Woke Movement Functions Like a Religion, Says Victor Davis Hanson

Behind the waves of protests, critical theory narratives, and attacks on traditional culture is the woke movement. This movement functions as a religion for those who follow it. To learn more about this, we sat down for an interview with classicist and historian Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institute. These stories and…