Commentary Xi Jinping wants the world to believe that after Beijing’s draconian COVID lockdowns, China is back open for business. Chinese officials said as much at the annual Davos event in Switzerland, and Xi is repeating the soundbite for its analog in Beijing, the China Development Forum. The forum is the first in three years…
China: A Trap for Hostage Capitalists
March 29, 2023
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The US Needs a China Strategy
Commentary As I detailed in a Feb. 8 American Spectator op-ed piece, the United States must take action toward an overarching China strategy. I offered five key reasons why Western countries should be “dedicated to bringing freedom from the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to people in China and abroad.” This strategy requires several major initiatives….
The Finns Are Ready to Deter Russia
Commentary On March 27, Hungary’s parliament overwhelmingly approved Finland’s application to join NATO. Finland and Sweden, both Cold War neutrals, applied to join NATO in May 2022. NATO has 30 members and requires unanimity to admit a new member. Hungary made 29 for Finland. The alliance awaits Turkey’s decision. On March 17, after opposing Finnish…
What Is This FTX/CCP Connection?
Commentary There has always been a great deal of fishiness surrounding the blowup of the crypto exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The company seemed to appear out of nowhere. In the crypto industry, in which I’ve been hanging around for 10 years, he was a complete unknown. And yet his company quickly became…
Improve Your Brain Health: Advanced Technology Offers Hope and Healing
Commentary Everybody desires health, but sadly, most Americans are not healthy enough to thrive, think with precision, feel energized, and be free of illness. The United States leads the world in medical technologies, yet life expectancy in America is the lowest of all comparable countries. At the same time, chronic disease and mental illness are…
China Controls Your Meds
Commentary Democrats and Republicans battered TikTok’s CEO at a House of Representatives hearing on Thursday—for good reason. The Chinese app poses a national security risk, accumulating troves of data on its American users. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s slithery comment that “I don’t think spying is the right way to describe it,” only heightened concerns….
A Nation Committing Suicide
Commentary Historian Arnold Toynbee observed “an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.” It’s hard not to think about this reading the results of the latest Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, appearing under the headline “America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It.” Only 38 percent of Americans now say patriotism…
The Decline in Patriotism
Commentary The Wall Street Journal has conducted a poll with the most interesting results. From 1998 to the present, the percentage of Americans who say that patriotism is an important value has crashed from 70 percent to 38 percent. The bulk of the fall has happened since 2019. More results will be discussed in a bit but let’s first…
Expulsion or Suspension: A Distinction Without a Difference
Commentary The evolving story of Liberal MP Moira Deeming in Victoria is turning into a confrontation between those who want to revitalise the party by re-affirming its principles, and those who believe that the path to political power lies in moving ever more to the left. By now, the facts of the Deeming story are…
Cory Morgan: Canada Can’t Afford Ottawa’s 2023 Budget
Commentary If anybody was hoping the federal budget would show signs of spending restraint, those hopes were dashed on March 28. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s immediate and enthusiastic support for Chrystia Freeland’s third budget as finance minister indicates just how high-spending it is. While the Liberal government likes to talk the talk when it comes…
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