Commentary Twitter watchers were stunned yesterday when Elon Musk canned another 10 percent of the Twitter workforce. He has now fired 3 of 4 employees that worked there before he took over. Imagine a thriving business tossing out 75 percent of a staff of 7,500! That alone should indicate that something had gone very wrong…
Michael Taube: Fear of a Left-Wing Mayor in Toronto, and How to Prevent It
Commentary Toronto’s municipal political arena has been quite the spectacle lately. It could turn into a political nightmare by the summer. John Tory, who was roughly four months into his third mayoral term, admitted to an illicit affair with a 31-year-old former staffer. He immediately announced his resignation on Feb. 10, and stepped down seven…
Thoughts About the ‘Rage Against the War Machine’ Rally
Commentary The Rage Against the War Machine (RATWM) rally in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 19 was, if nothing else, a case of politics making for strange bedfellows. It was organized by the emphatically pro-big-and-all-powerful-government People’s Party and the emphatically shrink-or-abolish-government Libertarian Party. The shock waves of this strange collaboration continue to reverberate. The leftists over…
How Elites Use ‘Nudge Units’ to Manipulate the Masses
February 27, 2023
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Commentary Many readers are no doubt familiar with nudge theory, a concept built around achieving compliance without using coercion. Ostensibly, nudges are designed to help people make better decisions. However, when governments resort to nudging, we must ask, who benefits? Is this nudge actually a push? And in what direction, exactly, are we being pushed?…
Curious Case of Grayscale and the Big Bitcoin Discount
Commentary Anyone who watched television during 2022 saw the ubiquitous TV commercials for Grayscale, which manages the world biggest Bitcoin investment fund. Those ads touted Bitcoin as “the future” and should be part of a retiree’s portfolio. But investors in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) are facing both a problem and an opportunity. The problem? GBTC…
Who Can We Dump the Blame for Inflation On?
February 27, 2023
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Commentary Inflation is rising everywhere, which does not mean it’s not a problem for politicians in Australia, just that they are a subset of politicians everywhere. So we are seeing a global hunt for alibis and scapegoats. In Australia, the federal government and the union movement have chosen business—in particular mining and food—as their fall…
Who Do We Target in the Inflation Blame Game?
February 27, 2023
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Commentary Inflation is rising everywhere, which does not mean it’s not a problem for politicians in Australia, just that they are a subset of politicians everywhere. So we are seeing a global hunt for alibis and scapegoats. In Australia, the federal government and the union movement have chosen business—in particular mining and food—as their fall…
Think Twice Before Tinkering With Peoples’ Retirement Savings
February 26, 2023
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Commentary Honey pots attract bees as well as wasps. So it would seem the $3.3 trillion (US$2.3 trillion) sitting in various super funds for the retirement benefit of Australian workers attracts interested parties. Such a huge sum of money can be very influential. Those administering such eye-watering amounts have a huge impact on investment for…
No Time for Thumb-Twiddling in the Face of Beijing’s Military Build Up
February 26, 2023
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Commentary The Defence White Paper published by the Australian government in 2016 was the most far-reaching, comprehensive of its type. Projecting forward for 20 years, the paper, and its accompanying Defence Industry White Paper, proposed a major program of defence acquisitions to ensure the nation’s security. It also pegged the Defence expenditure base to at…
On the Claims of ‘Inaccuracies’ in Leaked Documents About Chinese Interference: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Commentary We live in an amazing information age. For the first time in human civilization, anyone—well anyone with access to the internet—can find out just about anything about any topic. A few words typed into a search engine, hit enter, click on a link, and voila! Instant knowledge. Of course it is not as easy…
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