Month: March 2022

‘Disgusting and Inhumane’: Sen. Scott Condemns CCP Over Death of Falun Gong Practitioner While in Custody

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla) has condemned the Chinese communist regime for its persecution of a 66-year-old Falun Gong practitioner and mother, who died in custody after being arrested simply for practicing her religious belief. Ji Yunzhi died on March 21 after being tortured while in custody. The 66-year-old died 48 days after she was put…


Canadian Novelist Explores Our Western ‘Identity Crisis’

Commentary Novels can move hearts and change minds in ways that cannot always be achieved by exposure to academic analysis. Late last century, the distinguished American jurist Robert H. Bork published a book titled, “Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline.” For conservatives in the Reagan and Harper eras, Bork’s book was a blockbuster;…


TSB Canada to Release Final Report Into Train Derailment in BC That Left Three Dead

An investigation report into a fatal train derailment near the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta is to be released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday. The derailment in February 2019 caused 99 grain cars and two locomotives to plummet off a bridge near Field, B.C., killing three rail company employees. Conductor…


Alberta Premier Kenney Interviewed by RCMP in Probe Into UCP Leadership Race

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he has been interviewed by the RCMP as part of an investigation into potential criminal identity theft during the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership election. “Yes, I did an interview at [their] request,” he said in a press conference on March 28.   “We’ll always be there to cooperate in any…


The ‘Great Translation Movement’ Unveils CCP Domestic Propaganda, Faces Crackdown from Beijing

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “Great Firewall” has long controlled public access to uncensored information on the internet and thus, opinion within China, imbuing its citizens with values that differ from the universal values. However, a new grassroots movement is pushing to unveil the CCP’s domestic propaganda to the Western world. A so-called “Great Translation…


Biden’s $5.8 Trillion Proposed Spending Plan Calls on Congress to Fill in the Blanks

President Joe Biden’s proposed United States’ federal $5.8 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 budget increases overall domestic spending by 7 percent, boosts military allocations by 10 percent and includes a raft of new tax levies for high-income earning individuals while raising the corporate income tax from 21 percent to 28 percent. The 149-page proposed budget introduced…


Bitcoin Holds Ground After Touching Highest This Year

LONDON—Bitcoin on Tuesday held ground just below its highest this year, touched a day earlier, with gains for the original cryptocurrency topping 27 percent since the Ukraine war. Bitcoin hit $48,234 on Monday evening, its highest since Dec. 31. It was last trading up 0.9 percent at $47,553. Its gains lifted smaller cryptocurrencies that tend…


This Is Why Your ‘Locally Butchered’ Beef Might Actually Come From China

Misleading label claims are everywhere. They bombard you while walking down the grocery store aisles. They creep up on you while scanning a slick marketer’s website. They shock you when even your best friend recommends an industrial organic brand… “Hey, it’s a lot cheaper and they say it’s just as good!” “Well… how do I…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Out of the Furnace’: America’s Sadness is Riveting

R | 1hr 56m | Thriller, Crime Drama | December 6, 2013 Little known fact: the mountain people who live in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey are the same mountain-folk (formerly known as “hillbillies”) who live in the fabled Smoky, Appalachian, and Blue Ridge mountains of the American South—it’s the same mountain range all the way…


Former Teacher Chooses Homeschool: ‘An Incredible Blessing for Our Family’

As some parents decide whether to homeschool their children, a specific facet of the homeschooling population may offer some unique insight. Among homeschoolers you might be surprised to find a great many former public school teachers who said “no thank you” to the prescribed route and chose the path of homeschool for their own children….