When Jackson Denke, 18, purchases a cup of coffee at Starbucks, he doesn’t do so blithely. “I want to maximize the return on my $5.45 drink,” he told The Epoch Times. First, he chooses the right credit card: his American Express Gold, which offers the best rewards for food-and drink-related purchases. Then, he uses the…
Finance Prodigy Starts Firm at 16, Teaches Kids Money Management
Does Legal Cannabis Retail Push Out the Black Market?
SANTA ANA, Calif.—As cities in Orange County, California, continue to debate allowing retail cannabis, proponents argue that legal dispensaries will help drive out black market operations. But while that might be the case in some cities, the reality is much more complex. Elliot Lewis, founder and CEO of Catalyst Cannabis Co. in Santa Ana, said…
Farmers Urge Collaboration, Not Top-Down Environmental Regulation
NEOSHO, Wis.—Farmer Tony Peirick of Dodge County, Wisconsin, said he used to see as adversaries those trying to impose environmental regulations on farmers. “We were like water and oil. We never got along,” he told The Epoch Times. For him, it was about butting heads with a local lake association that wanted to regulate practices on surrounding farms. In rural America at large, tension…
Hollywood’s Leftist Political Agenda Can Destroy Creative Spirit: Filmmakers
The leftist political agenda that prevails in Hollywood not only damages artists’ values and spirituality but also stifles their creativity, filmmakers Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman said. People tend to believe that Hollywood is ruled by money but in fact “political correctness and leftism is what rules Hollywood,” Konzelman told The Epoch Times’ “Crossroads.” The…
Beijing Exploiting Anti-Asian Attacks to Shun US Criticism, ‘Delegitimize’ America
As America grapples with troubling headlines depicting a rise in anti-Asian racism, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has apparently found its latest propaganda fodder. Pointing to the uptick in crimes against Asian Americans, the regime is telling the United States to sort out its own affairs before criticizing Beijing for its severe human rights violations….
Gun Range Has Unique Training Approach Amid Chicago Violence
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill.—It’s been an interesting year for Joseph Stanford to take over a gun range business near Chicago. He bought a struggling gun range in Bridgeview, about 15 miles southwest of Chicago, in January 2020. The pandemic hit, closing him down. Then a wave of violence hit Chicago. The city ended 2020 with about 4,000 shooting…
Environmental Policies Are to Remake Economy and Justify Control Over People: Expert
People should be concerned about the Green New Deal because it includes the most radical policies that can transform the economy into a socialist one and allow the government to tighten control over society, according to Hayden Ludwig, Senior Investigative Researcher at the Capital Research Center. “The Green New Deal, I would say, has nothing…
Group Brings Together Democrats and Republicans in Talks, Promotes Unity
The political polarization in the United States has increasingly strained or broken bonds between family and friends in recent years, says clinical psychologist Laura Gilliom. She has seen it in her own family and in those she counsels. “I see a real hunger for regaining the ability to talk with and to trust each other…
Faith and a Father’s Tough Love Set Troubled Youth on Path to Help Others
Zach Southall was bound for the wrong direction. It was the 1980s, and he was growing up in an apartment in Southern California packed with family members who were criminals and drug addicts. Between stints in jail, they would crash there with him and his mother. “That rubs off on you when you’re young,” he told The Epoch Times. “You learn bad lessons, like ‘You ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’.’” …
Opinion: Faith and a Father’s Tough Love Set Troubled Youth on Path to Help Others
Zach Southall was bound for the wrong direction. It was the 1980s, and he was growing up in an apartment in Southern California packed with family members who were criminals and drug addicts. Between stints in jail, they would crash there with him and his mother. “That rubs off on you when you’re young,” he told The Epoch Times. “You learn bad lessons, like ‘You ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’.’” …
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