News Analysis Contrary to the hopes, wishes, dreams, and “absolutely certain predictions” of the GOP establishment, GOPe consultants, Democrats, and their legacy media allies, Donald Trump’s “American First” juggernaut remains the political movement with all the real momentum in 2022. The primary results in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Idaho are in. What must the…
Public Discontent Grows Over Shanghai’s Lockdown—Is It a Spark That Starts a Revolution?
Commentary There is some hope that protests over heavy-handed lockdowns might spark a revolution, but there is mixed evidence that Shanghai lockdown protests will be that spark. In Xi Jinping and his regime’s quest to show the world they can control COVID-19, they have locked down dozens of cities and almost 400 million people. But…
Gen Z Says No to Work, Yes to Debt
Commentary Gen Zers are leaving the workplace in high numbers. At the very same time, they are falling deeper into debt. You’re undoubtedly familiar with “buy now, pay later” (BNPL), a type of short-term financing that allows a consumer to purchase something immediately and pay for it later. The BNPL model has soared in popularity in recent years,…
The Real Problem With CHIPS Subsidies
Commentary As the Senate and House of Representatives negotiate their so-called “China bill” or America COMPETES, one of the central issues is whether to give semiconductor companies subsidies to invest in the United States. This would be a big mistake. Like most of COMPETES, the bill’s $50 billion handout to the semiconductor industry has little…
Beijing’s Aggressive Use of Trade Will Hurt China in the Long Term
News Analysis Because China’s economy has grown to a gigantic size, its top-down, command approach to economics, especially its trade policy, has destabilized and has begun to alienate several trading partners. Those countries, smaller Asian nations especially, have only one rational response: put up with the economic ills imposed by Beijing while finding ways to…
Abortion and Socialism: The Fight Against Religion
Commentary “[Expletive] God” was written across a large cardboard placard of a pro-choice protester in my current city of residence, Nashville, Tennessee. Massive gatherings of mostly young females—although with plenty of men and older women, as well—took to the city’s Legislative Plaza on May 14 to voice their discontent with the potential overturning of the Roe…
Elon Musk Versus China
Commentary On April 25, as Elon Musk appeared to clinch his $44 billion purchase of social media giant Twitter, his most prominent billionaire space rival and co-founder of marketing giant Amazon, Jeff Bezos, posted on Twitter, “Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?” Amazon’s huge dependence on China…
Guess Who’s the World’s Greatest Colonial Power Now?
Commentary While the world has focused on the war in Ukraine—and before that, the pandemic, Beijing’s crushing of Hong Kong, the situation in the Middle East, and other big events—China has been steadily replacing U.S. influence in Latin America. The consequences are not just limited to trade, economic, and market issues, although those are all…
The ‘Great Forgetting’: What to Do When Your Country Has an Induced Alzheimer’s
Commentary The ideological upheaval in the United States between traditional liberalism and progressivism and progressive strength is causing the “Great Forgetting”—the loss of the country’s ability to meet the challenges it once possessed. The most important of these waning abilities is how to confront and defeat great power enemies. How Did Your Country Get Alzheimer’s…
India Stabs Democracy in the Back by Supporting Russia Over the US
Commentary India is profiting from the blood of Ukrainians again. It’s buying Russian gas and oil at discounts only available because most of the world markets are shunning the tainted exports. Russia is offering discounts as much as 35 percent below market price—if one can stomach the ethical qualms of paying for the bombs now…
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