Commentary It’s likely that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will announce a 2024 presidential campaign. Les jeux sont fait, the bets are placed, as the French say at Monte Carlo and elsewhere—not to mention the ability the rest of us have to place them on the ever-escalating number of political betting sites. DeSantis is forming or…
What China’s Newspapers Say Today
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) strictly controls China’s newspapers, making sure all stories are aligned with exactly what it wants. Reading between the lines of Chinese publications is edifying, especially this May Day. China Daily recently reported on Meng Lan, a panda. In writing and by video, the publication reminded Chinese citizens of the…
Digital Fentanyl: The CCP’s Cyber Campaign to Destroy America
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has always played the long game. It’s pivotal to their strength. They have a disciplined ability to think generationally rather than focus on the current political climate of the now. The CCP has zero respect for the rule of law, nor do they abide by any code of ethics….
The Perfect Democratic President?
Commentary Daniel Henninger, writing in the Wall Street Journal on April 26, properly describes Joe Biden as “the perfect Democratic president.” According to Henninger, Biden’s “non-compos” condition should give the “left wing of his party free rein” during his second presidential term, which is exactly what his party wants. A cognitively impaired, not particularly principled…
Speaker McCarthy’s Amazing Week
May 3, 2023
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Commentary When it took Kevin McCarthy 15 votes to become Speaker of the House, the Washington establishment concluded that he was pleasant but would be unable to get much done. The fate of the last two Republican speakers, John Boehner and Paul Ryan, seemed to hang over his head. They had not been able to…
Why Turkey’s May 14 Election Really Matters
Commentary Turkey’s May 14, 2023, national elections are critical, foremost for Turkish citizens. Their democracy is at stake. But that isn’t the only reason Turkish and European media call next week’s vote the most important in 100 years. The election, which pits the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the much more moderate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, also…
Don’t Buy Into Sharpton’s Attack on McDonald’s
Commentary Racism is abhorrent. So are shakedown artists who cry racism to rake in cash. The Rev. Al Sharpton publicly threatened McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski on April 27, using the same language his National Action Network (NAN) has used for three decades to squeeze cash out of major corporations. Sharpton referred to “multiple accusations of…
The Revolt Is On!
Commentary We’ve crossed the three-year mark of the worst years for freedom in our lifetimes. What do we see? Something I’ve expected since the entire fiasco of lockdowns began. I wrongly assumed it would begin immediately. It waited three years but it is finally here; a full-on revolt against all the forces that broke the…
NYC Moves to Combat Ageism—The Last Acceptable ism in America
Commentary New York City (NYC) officials recently collaborated with the Department for the Aging and the Department of Education to launch a new curriculum designed to curb age discrimination in the city. The goal is to educate kids, to teach them that aging shouldn’t be viewed as a disease. Instead, it should be viewed as…
The EPA’s Assault Against Consumer Sovereignty
Commentary If the term “consumer sovereignty” is unfamiliar to you, don’t feel bad; you have lots of company. Writing seven or eight decades ago, the great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) used the phrase “consumer sovereignty” as a synonym for “free enterprise” or “free-market economy.” In some ways, “consumer sovereignty” is superior to its…
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