Month: April 2021

Arizona AG Rejects Secretary of State’s Call for Probe of GOP-Led Maricopa County Vote Audit

Arizona’s attorney general has rejected the state’s top election official’s call for an investigation into possible irregularities in a Republican-led audit of 2020 election results. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, on Friday wrote a letter to Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich, citing media reports of security lapses at the audit site and calling…


Affluence + Secularism = Boredom = Leftism

Commentary Just as physicists look for equations to explain the natural world, I have always thought it useful to look for equations to explain human nature. For example, in my book on happiness, I offer this equation: U = I – R. Unhappiness = Image – Reality. The difference between the images we have for…


‘Defiance in the Kingdom of Fake News’: Six Chinese Achieve the Impossible

In China, six people hijacked the cable TV airwaves on March 5, 2002, to broadcast uncensored information that exposed a state-sponsored lie; the lie was exposed in two cities for 50 minutes, but at the cost of their lives. “Defiance in the Kingdom of Fake News,” a mini-documentary recently produced by FalunInfo TV, presents the…


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Unions Sell Out Their Own Workers for the Biden Energy Plan

Commentary Another pro-President Joe Biden union just told it’s rank-and-file members: Sorry, guys, you are all fired. Last week, the United Mine Workers of America union endorsed Biden’s energy policies. Yes, you read that right. The coal-mining union bosses have embraced a bill that outlaws coal mining. This is about as dumb as the Pipefitters…


When ‘Wokeness’ Impacts Our Health and Safety

Commentary The City of Hamilton took many by surprise for its blatantly racist vaccine plan, announcing on April 24 that COVID-19 vaccine appointments are now available for “Black and other racialized populations/people of colour” living in select area codes. This comes despite epidemiological evidence that priority should be given to individuals who are of a certain…


Opinion: When ‘Wokeness’ Impacts Our Health and Safety

Commentary The City of Hamilton took many by surprise for its blatantly racist vaccine plan, announcing on April 24 that COVID-19 vaccine appointments are now available for “Black and other racialized populations/people of colour” living in select area codes. This comes despite epidemiological evidence that priority should be given to individuals who are of a certain…


London’s Financial District to Convert Empty Offices Into New Homes

The City of London, the British capital’s financial district, will convert empty offices into new homes as part of its plan to adapt to the new reality under the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. The City of London Corporation, the district’s governing body, said it will work with the property industry to “explore new…


Tesla Posts $438 Million 1Q Profit on Strong Electric Vehicle Sales

DETROIT—Charged up by strong sales of its electric cars and SUVs, Tesla on Monday posted its seventh-straight profitable quarter. The company made $438 million in the three-month period that ended March 31, as sales more than doubled the same period last year to nearly 185,000 vehicles. Tesla said adjusted net income, excluding stock-based compensation, passed…


Xi Jinping’s BRI Speech at Bo’ao Forum for Asia Reveals CCP’s Global Ambitions

News Analysis  Xi Jinping, leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), delivered a speech at the Bo’ao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2021 via video on April 20, promoting the CCP’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI)—also known as “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR)—and the expansion of communism. The Bo’ao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2021, which is an…