Month: April 2023

With Rights Deprived It Is the End of Hong Kong as We Knew It

It took less than three years since the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong, for the totalitarian regime of Hong Kong and communist China to turn the city into something that is almost unrecognizable. The once cosmopolitan city is now completely different—the dynamic vibes are there no more. Xia Baolong, director…


Illinois Man Gets 40-year Sentence for Killing Teenage Boy

URBANA, Ill.—A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a 14-year-old boy and dumping his body in a roadside ditch. A judge sentenced Daryl Vandyke, 57, on Wednesday after the of Champaign man admitted that he used an ax or other sharp-edged garden tool to kill…


Media’s Gorsuch Hit Continues to Delegitimize SCOTUS

Commentary As with ProPublica’s recent smear of Clarence Thomas, there’s a lot of excitement across the left-wing Twittersphere over a Politico hit on Neil Gorsuch. But even as a transparent piece of partisan propaganda, it is poorly conceived. Politico kicks off the piece, “Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property,” with a purposefully deceptive claim: “For…


Biden Puts Economy in ‘Jeopardy’ By Not Negotiating Debt Ceiling: McCarthy

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is criticizing Biden for endangering the American economy by failing to negotiate the debt ceiling, with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also asking for negotiations. “The Senate’s done nothing,” McCarthy said in an April 27 interview with Bloomberg. “They haven’t done anything on the debt ceiling, and the president’s ignored this…


Are You Meditating Correctly? Here Are the Best Meditation Positions

Medical practitioners who teach people how to meditate are often asked this question: “Which is the best meditation position?” Meditation is a form of mental training to achieve a psychologically clear and emotionally calm state through relaxation, focus, mindful awareness, and sitting exercises. In ancient Eastern countries such as China and India, it was also…


Gap Cuts 1,800 Corporate Jobs Amid Sales Slump

Apparel retailer Gap announced on Thursday that it will lay off 1,800 employees as it looks to cut costs amid weak sales and excess inventory. The San Francisco-based chain said in a regulatory filing that employees in its San Francisco and New York offices, as well as upper field positions such as regional store managers, will…


Over One Million Secret FBI Searches Made in Error: Watchdog

More than one million secret searches of Americans conducted by the FBI were made erroneously, a watchdog testified to Congress on April 27. Around 30 percent of the approximately 3.4 million searches were done in error, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified. “It’s obviously very concerning that there’s that volume of searches,” Horowitz…


Solomon Islands’ Former Premier Speaks About China’s Influence in the Pacific Islands at Heritage Foundation

Daniel Suidani, former premier of Malaita, the Solomon Islands’ most populous province, discusses with Jeff Smith of the Heritage Foundation the growing and alarming influence of China in the Pacific Islands in a conversation held at 11:00 a.m. ET on April 28. …


LIVE NOW: Solomon Islands’ Former Premier Speaks About China’s Influence in the Pacific Islands at Heritage Foundation

Daniel Suidani, former premier of Malaita, the Solomon Islands’ most populous province, discusses with Jeff Smith of the Heritage Foundation the growing and alarming influence of China in the Pacific Islands in a conversation held at 11:00 a.m. ET on April 28. …


Productivity Slows to a Crawl as Recession Sets In

Commentary For reasons I cannot explain, there was widespread shock at the new GDP numbers for the first quarter. They revealed a 1.1 percent growth rate, which is a crawl and much lower than the experts anticipated. And the new data points to an inexorable reality. Certainly the recession will be obvious by the summer…