Category: Great Leap Forward

A Misguided Green Fed Mandate

February 25, 2022
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Commentary In August 2021, a group of lawmakers including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y), and Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.), issued a public statement to President Biden, “As news of the possible reappointment of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell circulates, we urge President Biden to reimagine a Federal Reserve focused…

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The Pitfalls of the Forced Apology Spin-Cycle

November 27, 2021
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Commentary In a typically masterful essay from 50 years ago, the great British journalist and social critic Malcolm Muggeridge observed that nothing is more pathetic to watch than a ruling class on the run. If Muggeridge and his gimlet eye were with us today, however, even he might feel obliged to revise his take on…

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Millions Spent on ‘Dangerously Weak’ Reservoir in Central China

September 27, 2021
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Millions of dollars have been spent on dredging and expanding a “dangerously weak” reservoir in central China that was built in 1958 during Mao Zedong’s disastrous Great Leap Forward. A pilot project, with a reported budget of $490 million, is attempting to resolve long-standing sediment issues in Suyahu Reservoir in Zhumadian City, Henan Province. Begining in 2018, the…

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Green Energy Is Politics, Not Science

May 12, 2021
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Commentary Green energy is prevalent in the United States and Europe, accompanied by ultra-leftist and socialist lines. They are taking advantage of some so-called harm caused by extreme climate and Earth changes. The environmental policies are not based on science, but politics of redistributing social power and wealth. In some parts of the United States,…

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