Commentary Contrary to Hollywood, Interpol isn’t an international police force. It’s more like a bulletin board on which police forces around the world post their wanted notices. But Interpol does have problems. And China is among the biggest. The next meeting of the Interpol General Assembly, which makes the final decisions for the organization, is set…
The Ongoing Wealth Transfer to Ukraine
Commentary The Biden administration and its congressional allies continue to transfer U.S. wealth and treasure to Ukraine with no end in sight. This includes lethal aid in the form of weapon systems and nonlethal aid in generic categories such as refugee assistance, energy security, anti-corruption activities, and logistics support. Let us examine the topic in…
China Cutting Cooperation With the US on Illegal Immigration Shows It’s Two-Faced
Commentary The Chinese regime has taken it as a pro forma exercise to yell loudly about how failure to cooperate with it creates “safe havens” for criminals in whatever country refuses to sign an extradition treaty or otherwise fails to cooperate with China in “law enforcement.” Based on how successful Beijing has been in pursuing…
China Busts US Sanctions on Venezuela—and America Says Nothing
Commentary China is thumbing its nose at U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Iran; so far, the Biden administration does nothing about it. According to Reuters, China is now using front companies—at least one unregistered and another a major defense contractor—to run illegal oil from Venezuela to the mainland. Starting in August 2019, China National Petroleum…
Paradigm Shift in the US Labor Market
August 30, 2022
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Commentary The working paradigm in America seems to be shifting as unemployment and staff shortages exist alongside workers refusing to work and others obtaining their dream job through the gig economy. Some media have claimed that the reasons behind the shortage of workers are systemic racism, lack of childcare, and a mismatch between workers’ skills…
China Continues to Lock Up Activists in Psychiatric Facilities
Commentary The national mental health law—a reportedly much-heralded law in 2013—was supposed to put an end to a barbaric practice in China: the locking up of critics, petitioners, and the unwanted by police in psychiatric facilities better described as prisons from hell. A new report by NGO Safeguard Defenders shows the problem persists, and there’s…
Zuckerberg Slips Up—or Does He?
Commentary Mark Zuckerberg’s apparent revelation on Joe Rogan’s podcast is currently receiving a good amount of media attention—as it should. Zuckerberg stated that the FBI tipped Facebook off about “Russian propaganda” right before the release of the Hunter Biden laptop story. The nation’s preeminent federal law enforcement agency taking action to influence the outcome of…
The Meaninglessness of ‘Left’ and ‘Right’
Commentary It is easy to become trapped by words. They may as well be etched in stone, given that they betray their origins in time and the meanings of the time they were created, even though they evolve in usage. We are now in the jaws of this trap. The political terms of “left” and…
Warning: The Cars of Tomorrow Will Be Surveillance Vehicles
Commentary In his new book, aptly titled “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation,” the author Paris Marx explains why the elites in the Santa Clara Valley shouldn’t be let anywhere near our vehicles. This should come as no surprise. Although a number of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies have made our lives…
How China’s Solar Domination Challenges the World
Commentary To appreciate how China’s technological authoritarianism threatens the world, consider solar energy. What’s seen as a clean, modern and relatively high-tech alternative to fossil fuels has become another example of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) strong-arm approach to bullying other countries and dominating an industry. Worse yet, many American investors are willfully blind to…
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