Commentary The term “ghost guns” is an outrageously inaccurate, but effective, epithet against American’s Second Amendment right “to keep and bear arms.” It just means home-made guns, which are become easier than ever to make due to continuous improvements in 3D printing. The latest development for these guns came in California on May 30, when…
‘Ghost Guns’ Ruling Is a Pointless Attack on Second Amendment Rights
June 1, 2023
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Clueless CEOs Will Regret Playing Ball With Beijing
Commentary A year before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, one James M. Lindsay, then senior fellow at the liberal Brookings Institution, now director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, lamented of the ongoing aftermath of the Cold War that “at the very moment that the United States has more influence than ever on international…
Orange County Cities’ Financial Rankings for 2022 Are Here
June 1, 2023
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Commentary By late April, five of Orange County’s 34 cities had not posted their Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFRs) for the year ending June 30, 2022, on their websites. They are usually completed by December of the same year. By the end of May, the last one was finally posted. The city of Laguna Beach’s…
Global Debt Soars Again
Commentary Global debt levels soared by $8.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2023, climbing to $305 trillion, nearly the record high set in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Institute of International Finance. This means almost 335 percent of GDP. Rising debt is a burden on growth, and soaring public debt means…
Debunking Another Misleading Green Energy Study
Commentary A popular talking point among green energy evangelists is that gas, oil, and coal are, in large part, successful because they are highly subsidized. Wind and solar, so the argument goes, would win in a fair fight, but, alas, the playing field is far from fair. But the supposed data they are drawing on to come…
China’s CCP: World’s Most Dangerous Transnational Criminal Organization
Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary China’s regime is trafficking illegal drugs, protected wildlife, and humans. It is laundering cash and participating in ransomware attacks. It steals intellectual property. The ruling group, as a matter of state policy, murders people for their organs. The Chinese state is not only a dangerous international actor, it is also a common criminal. Perhaps we should say it…
Opinion: Beijing’s Targeting of O’Toole and Kwan Shows the Perils of Neglecting Intelligence
June 1, 2023
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Commentary Governments are very privileged bodies. They are the only ones who can collect and spend taxpayer dollars. They are the only ones who can declare war. They change our lives in innumerable ways—some welcome and some not so. In short, they have a lot of power. Part of that power is the ability to…
Is Communist China a ‘Victim’?
Commentary There have arisen lately two rather interesting and contending schools of thought concerning China’s future as a great power. One says that China has reached its peak and is already settling into a slow process of possibly irrevocable decline. The other school takes the opposite stance, arguing that China’s rise is continuing and has…
Peter Menzies: Publishers Rightly Fear Bill C-18
Commentary Ignoring pleas from publishers for the preservation of their independence, Canada’s ruling party has turned up the heat on innovators who believe in freedom of the press and want the state to keep its eyes, ears, and nose out of the nation’s newsrooms. The most egregious example took place in the Senate Transport and…
Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up?
Commentary Conservatives and traditionalists are often exasperated at the ongoing woke cultural revolution in their midst. How can America be turned upside down, as it is, when there is little public support for the things happening around us? They don’t see much backing for the current border policy and illegal immigration, yet it continues. Conservatives…
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