Month: September 2021

Forests in Southern California Reopening Tonight

ARCADIA, Calif.—The Angeles National Forest will end its forest closure order tonight at 11:59 p.m., one week past the expiration of the California regional closure, authorities said. The forest will also lower its fire danger level from Critical to Extreme, which continues to ban any use of any open-flame or certain spark-emitting equipment, according to…


Paternalistic Government: Killing US With Kindness?

Commentary We all have probably imagined a life of ease at some time in our lives. The dream or notion of arriving at the proverbial “Easy Street” has been a recurring theme in America for generations. The Democratic Party seems to want to make that dream a reality for all Americans with its plans for…


US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians But DHS Declines to Say How Many Released Into America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported more than 1,000 Haitians who streamed into the small border city of Del Rio, Texas, although officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly grew under the international bridge near the border last week, at…


US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians But DHS Declines to Say How Many Released in America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported more than 1,000 Haitians who streamed into the small border city of Del Rio, Texas, although officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly grew under the international bridge near the border last week, at…


US Deports Over 1,000 Haitians but DHS Refuses to Say How Many Released Into America

DEL RIO, Texas—The United States has deported over 1,000 Haitians who streamed into this small border city, but officials are refusing to say how many others have been released into America’s interior. The number of illegal immigrants, primarily from Haiti, rapidly built up under the international bridge near the border last week, at one point topping…


AUKUS Makes Good Sense

Commentary In the wake of the announcement of the new Australia-U.S.-UK (AUKUS) security pact in the Indo-Pacific region, many commentators have lamented that it will provoke Beijing to adopt more aggressive policies and that Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam will resent being forced to choose sides between China and the United…


AUSUK Makes Good Sense

Commentary In the wake of the announcement of the new Australia-U.S.-UK (AUSUK) security pact in the Indo-Pacific region, many commentators have lamented that it will provoke Beijing to adopt more aggressive policies and that Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam will resent being forced to choose sides between China and the United…


QR Code of President Macron’s Personal Vaccine Passport Leaked Online

The QR code of French President Emanuel Macron’s personal vaccine passport was leaked earlier this week and has circulated on social media before being deactivated, according to multiple reports. Officials at the Élysée Palace in Paris, the residence of the President of the French Republic, confirmed with news agency BFM TV that the leaked information…


Julie Ponesse Reveals Hollowness of Official Intellectual Class

Commentary Reaction to ethics professor Julie Ponesse’s short videos explaining her refusal to accept the COVID-19 injections mandated by her employer, Western University’s Huron University College in Ontario, could have been predicted. On one side, she has been lauded as a hero for standing up against what many now-sidelined individuals regard as an act of…


Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Backs FedEx CEO Pay

OSLO—Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said on Wednesday it will support FedEx CEO Fred Smith’s $54 million pay package at a meeting of the logistics company’s shareholders next week. The pay of the billionaire chief executive has been challenged by a labour union over the company’s decision to cancel a bonus…