Commentary The Federal Reserve creates booms and busts that make banks richer and leave citizens holding the bag. In March 2023, the U.S. Treasury approved the provision of at least $300 billion worth of loans to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and other banks. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured the public that this was not a…
Treating California’s Fentanyl Crisis as an Epidemic
April 12, 2023
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Commentary More than the rest of the country, California continues to suffer large numbers of fentanyl deaths. The Feb. 15 update on the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard, run by the state government, shows the numbers for 2021, the last full year data are available. There were 7,175 deaths related to any opioid overdose, of which 5,961…
Avoiding the Demographic Danger Zone
Commentary In a recent article in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson writes, “The implications of permanently slumped population growth are wide-ranging. Shrinking populations produce stagnant economies. … Whether by accident, design, or a total misunderstanding of basic economics, America has steered itself into the demographic danger zone.” It has been said by many over the years…
Ageism in America Is Bad, TikTok Is Making It Much Worse
Commentary In February, just a few months after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Eli Lilly over alleged age bias, the American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis found itself at the center of yet another age discrimination lawsuit. A senior sales rep at Eli Lilly alleged that the company had been attempting to weed…
In the Culture War, Don’t Forget Culture
Commentary Dylan Mulvaney has peppered our news feeds for the last several weeks, first showing us how trans-women love KitchenAid mixers, then hitting Bud Light cans, and now modeling sports bras for Nike. Although pushing cultural agendas is nothing new for the left, the Mulvaney craze has conservatives paying closer attention. For decades, the left’s…
Muslims Turning the Tide in the School Culture Wars
Commentary In a slap to Muslim girls at Stuyvesant High School, the school is cancelling single-sex swim lessons, even though swim instruction is required to graduate. That forces the girls to choose between preserving their modesty and getting a diploma. Count on Muslim families to fight back and likely prevail. Nationwide, Muslims are taking up…
The Inflation Tax Keeps Rising
Commentary They keep telling us that the Fed is fighting inflation. Month after month, they say that it is cooling, softening, easing, pulling back, losing its edge, calming down, and gradually going away. These claims have been consistent for 28 months. And yet when you look at the big picture, the dollar has lost nearly…
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Cosmetic
Commentary Some people in Hong Kong think that cultural issues are apolitical. Unfortunately, it is not true. The seemingly neutral treatment of Hong Kong culture in the secondary school history curriculum, for example, “the coexistence and interaction of Chinese and foreign culture,” glossed over trends such as the increasing westernization from the 1970s onwards. A…
The ADHD Problem Is Bad—Widespread Cannabis Use Will Make It Many Times Worse
Commentary Carl Sagan once called the illegality of cannabis “outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” If the great astronomer was alive today, one assumes that he would be very happy indeed. After…
Labor Praises Leeser Resignation for All the Wrong Reasons
Commentary When your opponents start praising you, it’s worthwhile to take stock and examine your position. The shadow attorney-general and spokesman for Indigenous affairs, Julian Leeser, may well reflect on the accolades and bouquets coming his way from his political opponents after his resignation from the opposition front bench over its decision to oppose “The…
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