Tag: Opinion

The Numbers Are In on How Biden-Era Funding Is Skewing Scientific Research Ever-Wokeward

News analysis While pushing record spending for research and development, the Biden administration is working not just to advance science but also progressive ideology. In line with the administration’s “whole of government” commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), recent grants and requests for proposals from the National Science Foundation (NSF) encompass research that: Examines…


Los Angeles’s Office Market Is in Even More Trouble

Commentary On April 1, 2023, a new transfer tax on all real estate transactions in the city of Los Angeles went into effect. The tax is 4 percent on the sales price between $5 million and $10 million and 5.5 percent on sales proceeds over $10 million. Although the impact of this tax on each…


Los Angeles’s Office Market Is in Even More Trouble Than Before

Commentary On April 1, 2023, a new transfer tax on all real estate transactions in the city of Los Angeles went into effect. The tax is 4 percent on the sales price between $5 million and $10 million and 5.5 percent on sales proceeds over $10 million. Although the impact of this tax on each…


The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism

Commentary Corporate intrigue reached a fevered pitch on May 6, 2023, in Omaha, Nebraska, when a shareholder was arrested during the annual shareholder meeting of Berkshire Hathaway. The shareholder challenged the affiliation of Warren Buffett with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Bill Gates’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted in Florida for procuring a…


Impose Secondary Sanctions on the Business Partners of Russia and China

Commentary Western sanctions on Russia have loopholes through which a self-driving truck with haywire AI could drive. Businesses in Central Asia, for example, openly advertise online about how they serve as transshipment points to evade U.S. and EU sanctions “100 percent.” The statistics back them up. As soon as the sanctions took effect, imports of…


Biden Cowed by China’s Aggression

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary The State Department delayed imposing sanctions, export controls, and other measures on China after the Chinese military brazenly flew its large spy balloon over Alaska, Canada, and the lower 48 states in late January and early February. The postponement of these measures, reported by Reuters on May 11, will almost certainly…


The Washington Declaration: Implications for Taiwan and East Asia

Commentary Below are a series of questions asked to me by “Taiwan Talks,” one of Taiwan’s English TV programs, regarding recent events between South Korea, the United States, and the Indo-Pacific region. What is the significance of the “Washington Declaration” agreed to by President Joe Biden and President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea? The “Washington…


Q&A With Attorney Bruce Castor on Durham Report: ‘We Can’t Trust the Federal Government’

Bruce L. Castor, Jr. is a lawyer based in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He served as a prosecutor and elected/appointed government official for over 30 years before joining the private sector. Routinely listed as among America’s top lawyers, Mr. Castor helped lead the team that successfully defended President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in 2021 before the U.S….


The Big Climate Change Lie: The CO2 Risk to the Planet

Commentary Is carbon dioxide (CO2) really as bad as climate change scientists and ESG alarmists say it is? Is CO2 responsible for rising temperatures, extreme weather, food shortages, and even famine? According to climate authorities such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Columbia Climate School, CO2 causes global warming via the greenhouse effect….


Durham’s Disaster

Commentary Special Counsel John Durham’s long-awaited report is a massive disappointment. He lays out reams of long-established facts in a comprehensive manner that will prove useful to posterity, but his utter failure to hold corrupt coup-plotters accountable will only further embolden Deep State government gangsters. Durham had the rarest of opportunities- to restore faith in…