Tag: Viewpoints

NSW Election a Brittle Victory for Labor

Commentary The New South Wales (NSW) election involved a decisive shift to the left, but not to the Australian Labor Party (ALP), who appears to have scraped home with perhaps a four-seat majority with 54.3 percent of the two-party preferred vote. This is comfortable but certainly not huge. The centre-right Liberal-National Coalition lost more ground…


The Famous ‘g–r’ Matters in Banking Crisis

Commentary The market experienced a complete change of landscape in March from a very bullish outlook of no recession to a severe crisis within two to three weeks. While a particular bank run is often unpredictable, the backdrop that causes it is not. Two weeks ago, I argued that this time was not a specific…


How Orange County Avoided Another Bankruptcy From Toll Road Bond Deal

Commentary There are behind-the-scenes stories that the public rarely sees, but the actions have significant consequences. At the time of Southern California’s Orange County Chapter 9 bankruptcy, despite the national attention focused on this fiscal fiasco, the two joint Orange County Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) successfully sold bonds to build the San Joaquin and Foothill/Eastern…


California Losing Software Dominance to Communist China

Commentary Something I’ve long dreaded finally is happening: Wokeness and other foolishness by the U.S. and California governments is stifling this state’s innovation machine—leading to Communist China assuming software dominance. The successes of Apple, Google, Facebook, and other Silicon Valley companies dazzle us, preventing us from seeing what’s really happening. Tech icon Steve Jobs died…


Wayne Allyn Root, Nicky Billou Publish Consumer Guide for Conservatives

Commentary Well written though they are, Epoch Times readers could, in some instances, find the introductory essays in Wayne Allyn Root and Nicky Billou’s just published “The Great Patriot BUY-cott Book: The Great Conservative Companies to BUY From & Invest In!” a bit of “déjà vu all over again.” The subjects of “woke,” COVID-19, the border crisis,…


John Robson: There’s Nothing Remotely Conservative About Ford’s Ontario Budget

Commentary Once upon a time Ontario, Canada’s largest province economically and demographically, was governed by spendthrift Liberals with an unshakeable faith in government’s ability to solve all problems. Booooo! So, many people worked hard to replace them with a different party. How’s that working for you now that the Tories just handed down the biggest-spending…


Michael Taube: How the Trudeau Liberals Lost the Plot With Chinese Election Interference

Commentary For more than 25 years of writing columns and making media appearances, I’ve often discussed the importance of controlling the political narrative. It’s a key component for successful governments, and an art form unto itself. The narrative is the messaging, or series of events, pertaining to a particular issue, policy, event, or controversy. There…


Major Media Fall for Fake Wuhan Raccoon Dog Story

Commentary Recent reports from major media organizations claim that new evidence points to raccoon dogs at the Wuhan Seafood Market as the origin of COVID-19. The story was first reported by The Atlantic, which claimed that the raccoon dog discovery was “The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic.” The New York Times…


The Mystery of the Magic Anti-Trump Puzzle

Commentary I’m beginning to think that the best way to understand the never-ending series of legal cases against Donald Trump is to see it as a gigantic communal jigsaw puzzle. The ending image is clever: Seen from one perspective, it shows Donald Trump behind bars. Seen from another perspective, though, it shows a composite image…


The Iraq War: A Geopolitical Catastrophe for American Power and Prestige

Commentary Twenty years ago, then-President George W. Bush sidetracked from putting down the Taliban in Afghanistan to launch the unnecessary and inadvisable invasion of Iraq. From a strategic standpoint it served little purpose in the War on Terror. Iraq became a focus of Islamist terrorism that became out of control following the invasion. The war…