Month: September 2021

‘Incredibly Important:’ Louisiana Governor Extends Indoor Mask Mandate

Louisiana’s governor this week extended his indoor mask mandate, arguing that evidence shows masks can slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. “I think this is incredibly important,” Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, told a briefing. Edwards pointed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that found schools…


COVID-19 Cases Fall by 20 Percent Across the US in Past Week: CDC

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported across the United States over the past week fell by about 20 percent, according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The seven-day average of cases as of Sept. 28 is about 107,600, whereas, on Sept. 21, the seven-day average was about 128,700,…


Philadelphia Rally Denouncing CCP Draws Support From State Lawmakers and Residents

PHILADELPHIA—A rally in Philadelphia Chinatown on Sept. 26, denouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and encouraging Chinese people to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations, drew support from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and residents. The gathering was to reject the CCP and expose the evils it has committed, according to Alex Luchansky,…


Fame, Obscurity, Controversy: Moses Ezekiel, Cadet and Sculptor

The place: New Market, Virginia; the date: May 15, 1864. Under the command of General John C. Breckinridge, 257 cadets from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and other Confederate troops charge across a rain-soaked, newly plowed field against General Franz Sigel’s Union forces. Many of the cadets lose their shoes in the muck, rendering that…


Betraying Human Rights for Climate Change

Commentary “Well, life is always full of tough choices in the relationship between nations,” said John Kerry, responding to Bloomberg’s David Weston on Sept. 22. Weston had asked him, “What is the process by which one trades off climate against human rights?” What is wrong with Kerry’s response? For one thing, such a trade-off violates the Genocide Convention…


Taiwan Proposes Tightening Law to Counter Beijing’s Technology Espionage

Taiwan is looking to tighten its commercial secrets law to prevent China from stealing key technology, the top China-policy maker said on Sept. 29. The move flags Beijing’s long-term espionage efforts toward the self-ruled island. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is proposing a revision to an existing law governing China relations that would require technical…


Unlike China, US Should Use Blockchain as a Force for Good

Commentary What is the purpose of bitcoin? For some, it’s a transcendent, egalitarian force. For others, it’s a little more than a Ponzi scheme, a glorified gimmick full of false hope and empty promises. In July, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), no fan of bitcoin, issued a sweeping ban on crypto mining. More recently, Beijing declared all…


Former Intelligence Director Rebuts Milley: No Concerning Intelligence Regarding China

The former U.S. director of national intelligence says that there was no concerning intelligence regarding China in the fall of 2020, rebutting Gen. Mark Milley. “There was no concerning intelligence that merited a call to his Chinese counterpart,” John Ratcliffe, who was the director from May 2020 to January, said on Fox News. Milley spoke…


Arkansas Bill Would Create Antibody Exemption for Biden Vaccine Mandates

Lawmakers in Arkansas advanced legislation on Sept. 29 that would allow workers to opt out of their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement if they can prove that they have natural antibodies against the CCP virus or if they’re tested for the virus weekly. Arkansas’s House and Senate Public Health committees endorsed identical versions of the legislation,…


Arkansas Bill Creates Antibody Exemption for Biden Vaccine Mandates

Lawmakers in Arkansas on Wednesday advanced a bill that would allow workers to opt-out of their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement if they can prove they have natural antibodies against the CCP virus or if they are tested weekly. Arkansas’ House and Senate Public Health committees endorsed identical versions of the legislation, according to lawmakers. The…