Commentary Saving Ukraine from Russia has become more important to Western leaders than saving the planet from climate change, more important than keeping their populations from freezing in the dark, more important than the viability of Western industries, and more important even than avoiding the risk of an all-out nuclear war between the West and…
US Must Pivot Toward Latin America to Counter China
July 14, 2022
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Commentary Leftists are gobbling up the governments of Latin America as countries drift into China’s orbit. On June 19, leftist and former guerilla Gustavo Petro won the presidential election in Colombia, calling attention to an increasing leftist shift across the Americas. This parallels increasing engagement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), posing a threat to…
Biden Administration’s 6 Big Gambles on a Price Cap for Russian Oil: Part 2
July 14, 2022
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Commentary The Biden administration is currently focused on pushing China, India, and Japan, along with America’s European allies, to agree to a price cap on Russian oil. The goal is to decrease inflation and mitigate the risk of a global recession—but at the expense of a tough ban on Russian oil. This is detailed in…
Biden Administration Stalls Russian Oil Ban With Price Cap Plan: Part 1
Commentary Russia’s oil and gas revenues are fueling its war in Ukraine. The money that China, India, Germany, Japan, and others provide Moscow for their hydrocarbons goes to building the weapons that kill Ukrainian children. It’s wrong and should stop. Many countries delay or defect from sanctions because they depend on Russia for cheap energy….
Sri Lanka and the Start of a Starvation Pandemic
Commentary Poor governmental decisions in many countries are leading to mass starvation–and public retaliation against their governments. Sri Lanka’s current dire problems—in which popular street action has thrown out, first, a sitting prime minister, then his replacement, and then the sitting president—seem likely to be a precursor to similar actions elsewhere in the world. And…
The Education Wars: Trenches Deepen in Tennessee
Commentary As a disclaimer, I am an incoming student in Hillsdale College’s Ph.D. program at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. I speak only on behalf of myself. Additionally, I am also a citizen of Tennessee. Sometimes, you can judge a man as much by the enemies who align against him, as by the friends…
ESG Has Hit the Human Rights Iceberg
Commentary Throughout my career, I often said “corporate responsibility is social responsibility.” Nothing exemplifies an attempt to make that a reality today as much as ESG, or “Environmental, Social, and Governance” criteria, that an increasing number of companies and corporations are signing up for. Essentially, if a company signs up for ESG, it agrees to…
Investors Just Poured $5.8 Billion Into China
July 12, 2022
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Commentary Global investors have started pouring money into Chinese stocks again, with a record $5.8 billion invested in Chinese equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in June. The figure is a record for China, according to BlackRock, which publishes monthly data on Chinese equity ETFs stretching back to 2012. ETFs are baskets of securities that investors buy…
America’s Meth Crisis: Made in Mexico, Engineered in China
Commentary On June 27, an abandoned truck was discovered near San Antonio, Texas. Inside, dozens of migrants were found dead. They had succumbed to the effects of extreme heat. Officers arrested three men less than 24 hours after discovering the abandoned truck. One of the men was Homero Zamorano, the driver of the truck. According…
CCP’s Drug Warfare and Other Illegal Activities in Latin America
July 11, 2022
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Commentary The Trump administration’s 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS) called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its many nefarious and insidious activities against the United States and the Western Hemisphere, including transnational criminal organizations and Chinese fentanyl traffickers. “Transnational criminal organizations—including gangs and cartels— perpetuate violence and corruption and threaten the stability of Central…
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