Commentary The idiom “there is nothing new under the sun” comes from Ecclesiastes 1:9. That has proven to be true for individuals, groups, and also nations over the centuries. Technology might change, but not the underlying human nature and the impact of the Seven Deadly Sins on each generation. Consider the factors that contributed to…
Don’t Overestimate China’s Inflationary Impact
Commentary The so-called restart of the Chinese economy has largely just echoed the market. But some suggest this will give a new push to global inflation when strong demand from China drives the resource markets. However, maybe we should revisit the basics: Where does that strong demand for Chinese production come from? Isn’t China the…
North Korean Refugee Who Became Best-Selling Author: ‘Only in Capitalism Is My Story Possible’
Commentary In 2022 I had the opportunity to attend a two-day conference in Colorado hosted by the Objective Standard Institute. While there were many powerful speakers, the one whose story captivated me the most was that of Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector who in 2007 managed to escape her totalitarian country at age 13…
John Robson: Attempts to Trivialize Chinese Election Meddling Will Have Serious Consequences
February 28, 2023
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Commentary Diversity, we are told monotonously, is what unites us in Canada. And it is good up to a point, indeed vital. But a society that is not united around certain principles, for instance that foreign tyrants subverting our elections is intolerable, will neither survive nor deserve to. So are we? I see an ominous…
What’s Causing Your Cognitive Decline?
It starts slowly: You can’t find the word that’s on the tip of your tongue; you don’t recognize the new neighbor you met a few days back; you can’t remember what you ate for dinner last night. Then you notice more problems: You leave the stove burner on after you’ve served a meal; you struggle…
The Four-Day Work Week and Bernie
Commentary Some 61 varied British businesses with a total of 2,900 employees over the course of six months recently participated in the largest experiment ever of a four-day work week, effectively providing their workers with a paid day off a week. Conducted by the British think tank Autonomy, two nonprofits, and researchers at Cambridge and…
Brian Giesbrecht: The Genocide Lie
Commentary The case of Jim McMurtry is now well known to Canadians. He is the Abbotsford schoolteacher who told his class the truth about the claim that 215 indigenous students had been killed and secretly buried at Kamloops Indian Residential School—and was fired for it. He said that any students who died at the school…
Chinese Spying: A Huge Effort and a Huge Success
Commentary Chinese spy balloons are one small part of an enormous, “whole of society” decades-long espionage campaign that communist China has been conducting against the United States. And unfortunately, it has been successful. As with most intelligence operations, it’s a mix of technical and human platforms that aim to obtain (by any means) other countries’…
The ‘1619 Project’ Is Wrong About Capitalism, but Not in the Way You May Think
Commentary In 1834, an angry mob descended on a gathering at a New York church. Their target was Lewis and Arthur Tappan, owners of a successful mercantile import business. When the Tappans fled, the mob went to Lewis Tappan’s home and threw his belongings into a fire on the street. The Tappans were the epitome…
Time to Defeat China’s Proxies in Mexico
Commentary Communist China has been conducting a hybrid war against its main enemy, the United States of America, for years. There are multiple fronts in that war, including economic warfare, diplomatic intimidation (“wolf warriors”), espionage, elite capture, suborning international institutions (the World Health Organization), social media (TikTok cultural warfare), etc. A key front that’s frequently…
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