Commentary Rep. Michelle Steel, a California Republican whose parents fled communist North Korea and raised her in Japan, says it’s past time for the federal government to take action to prevent U.S. complicity or even assistance in China’s gruesome organ-harvesting practices. Steel and GOP Rep. Neal Dunn of Florida last week called on Secretary of…
Republicans to Blinken: Act Against China’s Organ Harvesting
The General Store That Cultivated a Community One Friday at a Time
LANSING, North Carolina—Nestled in the rolling farmland in Ashe County is a tidy white-clad building whose wistful charm beckons you to stop. It’s the kind of place you may only spot if you set your navigation app to avoid highways. And even if you’re trying to make good time down Silas Creek Road, you will…
Charity, Beauty, and Dedication Are Civilization’s Building Blocks
Commentary I was three weeks late from the peak of the season, but many of the roses at Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut, were still in bloom when I visited. The experience provokes deep reflection on core issues such as how beauty, charity, and commitment are so crucial to the good society. In all my…
U.S. Government Says Inability to Censor You Causes It ‘Irreparable Harm’
Commentary The U.S. government betrayed its total and utter contempt for the First Amendment in a recent filing (pdf) in the landmark Missouri v. Biden free speech case. The filing—a motion responding to U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty’s bombshell Independence Day injunction freezing federal government-led speech policing—calls for the judge to permit the federal government…
A Regulatory Solution to the ESG Problem on Wall Street
Commentary How do you solve a problem like Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), the progressive investing movement that has now become entrenched across Wall Street? Since 2015, ESG has been steadily integrated into the global financial markets to create a private sector funding vehicle for the United Nations-led climate and sustainable development programs. To achieve…
Beijing Counters Washington
Beijing and Washington seem to have entered a tit-for-tat competition on trade. Late last year, the Biden administration placed restrictions on the export to China of equipment for the manufacture of advanced semiconductors and at the same time announced subsidies for the domestic manufacture of semiconductors. Washington even got Japan and the Netherlands to join…
The Great Famine Reset: You Will Own Nothing and You Will Be Starving
Commentary “You will own nothing, and you will be happy.” This confronting statement emanates from the World Economic Forum (WEF), a non-governmental organisation established in 1971 by Klaus Schwab. By all appearances, the WEF is the most powerful organisation in the world. For decades, it has been at the centre of bringing together the world’s…
Peter Menzies: Online News Act Debacle Was All Very Predictable
Commentary Canada’s attempts to play the tough guy took some laughable turns last weekend as those leading the fight couldn’t have made it more clear that politicians need Facebook a lot more than it needs politicians. The week began with a macho enough veneer. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez held a news conference in which—as a…
Can the BRICS Syndicate Finally Gain Strategic Traction?
Commentary What is the impact on the global strategic balance of plans by the BRICS nations to create an economic framework or marketplace, possibly backed in the future by an independent currency regime? The BRICS bloc—Brazil, Russia, India, China (PRC), and South Africa—was originally an acronym conceived by New York investors in 2001, but assumed…
Barbara Kay: When They Say ‘We’re Coming for Your Children,’ Believe Them
Commentary For years, Canadians have proved amenable to demands for basic rights, but also to entitlements, for those who identify, variously, as “trans,” “non-binary” or “queer.” These entitlements, even those encroaching on women’s rights, are supported by government and most media. They extend into all our cultural, therapeutic, and social institutions. The only domain in…
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