Commentary An enduring mystery for three years is how Donald Trump came to be the president who shut down American society for what turned out to be a manageable respiratory virus, setting off an unspeakable crisis with waves of destructive fallout that continue to this day. Let’s review the timeline and offer some well-founded speculations…
Honey, Biden Just Shrunk Our Pension
Commentary President Joe Biden recently issued his first veto since taking office on Jan. 20, 2021. Biden rejected a bipartisan bill that would have required investment fund managers to take politics out of their investment decisions and to stay focused on providing the best return to their clients as much as possible. Why should you…
Stephen Woodworth: 2016 Change to Liberal Party Membership Rules Further Opened the Door to Foreign Interference
March 28, 2023
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Commentary In 2016, changes made to the Liberal Party’s membership requirements opened the door to a new way for the Communist regime which rules China to take a direct hand in the governance of Canada. Not much talked about today, but Justin Trudeau did away with Liberal Party membership and replaced it with “registration.” This…
The CARES Act: A Three-Year Retrospective
March 28, 2023
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Commentary On the very day that lockdowns were announced (March 16, 2020), the Federal Reserve revved up its printing press and Congress prepared the CARES Act that spent $2.2 trillion to feed the lockdown beasts at the state level. It was a huge turning point in U.S. history that changed everything. We are still dealing…
Political Fantasies Versus Economic Reality
Commentary The protests in France against President Emmanuel Macron’s raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64 have increased in number and intensified in violence. A March 24 report stated that around 150 members of the French police forces have been injured. Anarchists are having a field day. Mob psychology has made an ugly…
Our Political Magicians
Commentary The most successful magicians are able to convince people to momentarily believe that their ability is supernatural instead of an act of deception through sleight of hand, leading them to profit from misdirecting the audience. They’re specifically trained to manipulate the audience’s eyes to see what the magician wants them to see, distracting them…
Terri Schiavo Case Was a Culture-of-Death Tipping Point
Commentary The March 31, 2005, court-ordered death of Terri Schiavo was an ominous cultural tipping point. As many readers will recall, the legal case began when Terri’s husband Michael Schiavo applied to remove the feeding tube from his profoundly cognitively disabled wife so that she would die by dehydration. When Terri’s parents Bob and Mary…
The Culprit Behind the Cruise Ship Outbreaks: Norovirus
Recently, there have been many media reports on infection outbreaks on several cruise ships with tens—even hundreds—of guests having gastrointestinal symptoms and overwhelming onboard medical staff. Although these cases are still being investigated, it is widely believed that these outbreaks were due to norovirus. Norovirus 101 Norovirus is a zoonotic virus that likely mutated so that…
Systemic Risk in European Banks
Commentary Negative interest rates and quantitative easing have wrecked the economic system. Negative interest rates destroy the profitable portion of a bank’s asset base, and no amount of cost-cutting or efficiency initiatives can compensate for this loss. Furthermore, persistent quantitative easing has transformed the investment side of the balance sheet into a ticking bomb. Deutsche…
Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Improving Productivity?
Commentary The latest five-year review by the Australian Productivity Commission (PC) is a historically weak piece of analysis compared to previous reports, perhaps as a result of government pressure. If you read between the lines on Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s recent comments, it appears the Commission is to sing its swan song sooner rather than later….
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