Tag: Opinion

China Cannot Compete in the Movies

Commentary The 2019 Frant Gwo film “The Wandering Earth II” is the sequel to China’s first domestic sci-fi blockbuster. Based on the award-winning sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” by Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin, the plot follows a group of young people attempting to save the Earth from a planetary disaster. The film was…


My Response to Jeffrey Tucker on COVID

Commentary Jeff Tucker says this about me: “We could also mention the tragic case of Walter Block, a famed anarchist and student of Murray Rothbard, who somehow got very confused in thinking that passing on a respiratory virus is a form of aggression that the state is right to punish. Such a position would of…


Does China Only Have 10 Years Left Before It Implodes?

Commentary During a recent interview with Joe Rogan, the geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan made a rather stunning comment. China, he said, only has 10 years left. A decade left to do what, exactly? In short, disappear. Due to the country’s ticking demographic time bomb, the ballooning property bubble, anti-lockdown protests, and high unemployment rates among…


Broken Labor Markets and Shattered Progress

Commentary Please forgive me for not watching the State of the Union address last night. There is only so much phony baloney I can stand, and I knew in advance that it was going to be a lot of blather about how great the economy is based on the unemployment rate. The thing is that…


Pastor Who Witnessed His Own Birth: The Creator Cares for Humanity Beyond Our Understanding

Walt Scotson, a retired pastor from Billings, Montana, experienced something incredible that allowed him to take an open and inclusive view of other people’s beliefs. Scotson said he witnessed his own birth and since then has felt an unseen element impacting his life in powerful and deeply spiritual ways. “I had a unique experience when…


Democracy as an Identity in Hong Kong

Commentary Not all Hongkongers celebrate the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to mainland China on July 1. Some prefer the Hong Kong Festival on Jan. 26, the day that marked the beginning of British rule as the British navy landed on Hong Kong island in 1841. The tenth Hong Kong Festival, held this…


Does Economic Performance Really Differ Between the US, UK and Eurozone?

Commentary There has been a rooted impression that the economic performance in Europe is always worse than that in the U.S. This is not true. The measuring period for GDP released by the U.S. is quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), while those in other places are usually year-over-year (YoY). If both are reported in YoY for comparison, the…


Examining Whoopi Goldberg’s Controversial View: ‘Do White People Need to Be Beat Up?’

“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg has asked a provocative question: should white people start dying at the hands of police so that something finally changes? In this episode, I examine the racial component as well as several cases where police brutality occurred with white victims but was largely ignored by major media. When Whoopi says…


The One-Sided Environmental Thinking behind ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Commentary After 13 years of waiting, “Avatar“ finally has a sequel in the newly released “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The movie has stunning visuals, a decent story, and has received mostly positive reviews. It also grossed a whopping $2.024 billion worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. As with the first…


A Thorpedo Threatens to Derail Labor’s Voice Plans

Commentary Politics is often colourful. Not only do the various political parties have identifying colours—blue, red, green, and yellow—but the political discourse can also provide a kaleidoscope with the language spoken and the positions taken by the various players. And what a position was taken by extreme left-wing activist Senator Lidia Thorpe when she resigned…