Commentary From Fairbanks to Fort Lauderdale, an increasing number of parents are opting to homeschool their children. Their decision is rather simple: the public school system is, for lack of a better word, chaotic. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the unnecessary closing of schools across the country, leaving many parents with little option but to…
France Emerging as the Great Power of Continental Europe
Commentary For all its domestic chaos in the lead-up to the June parliamentary elections, France has reemerged as the great power of continental Europe. The 2022 Russia-Ukraine military conflict and the prospect of further Russian military action in Moldova’s autonomous (and pro-Russian) Transdniestria region bordering Ukraine may have stirred a shared panic and fear in the…
I-Ching: China’s Ancient Fortune-Telling Tradition Could Be Relevant to the Modern Age
May 9, 2022
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Commentary During the 1920s, there was a debate in China between science and the school of metaphysics. “Metaphysics,” in this context, has a different meaning: it refers to traditional Chinese mysticism, of which one salient example is, of course, I-Ching (易經). Shen Yuting (沈有鼎 1908–1989), a pioneer mathematical logician, was also a leading exponent of I-Ching….
Inflation Is Killing the Working Class
Commentary Inflation “is destroying working folks’ pocketbooks and devaluing the wages they earn and the root cause … is way too much government spending, too many social programs … and vastly too much money creation by the Federal Reserve,” Larry Kudlow, former director of the U.S. National Economic Council, said on Feb. 14. During the…
The CCP’s Criminal Intent Revealed
Commentary While Russia’s war in Ukraine rages, China’s Xi Jinping is watching with interest—especially to the canceling of Russian access to Moscow’s own foreign investments, including hard currencies, which it thought it could use to backstop the invasion. China, too, invested in foreign assets, including $3.2 trillion in foreign reserves that it has tried to…
China Arrests Ma Mou Who Outlined an ‘Interim Congress’
Analysis On May 3, Beijing revealed the investigation of a national security case involving a person with the surname Ma. The coverage immediately caused Alibaba’s stock to tumble more than 9 percent in a day, because people took it that the co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, had been arrested. Chinese state outlet CCTV reported Ma…
Will Student Debt Forgiveness Bankrupt the Country?
Commentary When debts become unpayable, then they should be forgiven. This is the opinion of Michael Hudson, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Regardless of the context, the idea of debt forgiveness sounds ludicrous to some. To some, sure. But not to all. Last week, President Joe Biden said he was…
US Should Present Better Alternatives for Africa to Counter China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy
Commentary African countries should not be left with a “tremendous debt that they cannot repay,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during his visit to the continent in April 2021. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is outpacing the United States in investment and trade in Africa. The ongoing lockdowns in Shanghai and other major…
A Recession Is on the Horizon
Commentary The recent disappointing report on the gross domestic product (GDP) may reflect statistical particulars more than the immediate onset of a recession. But the real thing nonetheless lies on the horizon, probably in the next 18–24 months. Inflationary pressures are the culprit. They make recession all but inevitable. The downturn will arrive in one…
Globalization Under Review as China Faces Effects of ‘Wars and Plagues’
Economies have undergone painful changes over the past several years due to international crises. First, there was the response to a virus originating from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has led some to rethink globalization. Now the more recent consequences of the Russian-Ukraine war have further added to discussions on global trade, with one…
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