Commentary Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has stirred profound defense policy changes in Europe and Asia, with once-neutral Sweden’s and Finland’s bids to join NATO a prime example. In East Asia the invasion and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s threats to attack his enemies with nuclear weapons has led South Korea and Japan to seriously consider acquiring…
Who Benefitted From This Chaos?
Commentary Two years ago on this day, I posted a piece that was very hard to write. It concerned precisely who was benefiting from the lockdowns, masking, and all that was associated with it, including school and business closures and travel restrictions. As much as we would all prefer for everyone to be concerned about…
The Grassroots Conservative Revolution in South Dakota
Commentary The American Republic was established through the blood of revolutionaries. The preamble of the U.S. Constitution provides the beacon for successive generations of Americans: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and…
A Dubious Contribution to Climate Change Alarmism Literature
Commentary On Jan. 30, an article titled “Critical climate thresholds may be nearer than thought: study finds” was posted on Axios.com. It reported on a study by researchers from Stanford and Colorado State universities that was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Although the study contributes nothing new to the climate change/global…
Australian Interest Rates: How High, How Long?
February 9, 2023
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Commentary Home buyers and businesses are suffering sticker shock as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifted the official cash rate from 0.1 percent to 3.35 percent in the course of the nine months since April 2022. But they should probably be thinking of rates of this level as the “new normal.” Assuming lenders pass…
Australian Interest Rates: How High and for How Long?
February 9, 2023
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Commentary Home buyers and businesses are suffering sticker shock as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifted the official cash rate from 0.1 percent to 3.35 percent in the course of the nine months since April 2022. But they should probably be thinking of rates of this level as the “new normal.” Assuming lenders pass…
AUKUS Readies for China and Beyond
Commentary The 2021 Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security treaty seems to be shaping the global architecture in the post-People’s Republic of China (PRC) era. More details of its shape and direction will be revealed at a Washington summit of the three leaders in the second half of March. There are many aspects still to resolve…
Game-Changer? Tennessee En Route to Reject Federal Education Money
The Associated Press is reporting what well may be an earthquake in the relations between red states and the federal government—specifically, the Department of Education, whose decrees and even its existence are questioned by many conservatives, including former President Donald Trump: “NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of Tennessee’s most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should…
Exxon’s Vigorous Comeback
Commentary In 2020, I wrote about “The Fall of Mighty Exxon.” The “fall” referred to Exxon’s stock having been dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) after a 92-year stretch of being a mainstay of that index. In retrospect, just two-and-a-half years later, hindsight indicates that dropping Exxon from the Dow may have been…
What Does the Public Have a Right to Know? Ed Munson’s ‘The Letter’ Review
February 9, 2023
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Commentary Now that we’ve been made aware of classified documents in garages and at the University of Pennsylvania Biden Center, the 2021 novel “The Letter” by Ed Munson may be more contemporary than even the author intended. Add to this the recently released declassified information on the President John F. Kennedy assassination and mentions of…
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