Commentary The drumbeat regarding national security risks posed by TikTok, the popular social media app owned by Chinese big-tech firm ByteDance, has reached a fever pitch. After recently blocking it from federal government devices, Congress might now seek an outright national ban of the app. Given the failure of a prior attempted ban due to…
3 Years’ Delay to Rein In TikTok
February 17, 2023
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Educating for Freedom
Commentary This is an abridged version of Professor Coll’s essay in the Winter 2023 issue of The American Experiment, the Jack Miller Center’s historical journal. How do we educate our students for freedom? After all, many of them arrive in college today believing that the United States is systematically oppressive, hopelessly unjust, and that there is…
Turf Warfare Within Government Ranks Does Not Serve the Nation’s Interests
Commentary Turf warfare. It’s one of the most destructive and debilitating activities in any enterprise. Government is no exception. Indeed, the government may be the area where it is the most destructive and debilitating. The consequences are manifested in harm to the national interest. Myopic approaches, stove-piped considerations, protecting or desperately trying to increase your…
James Clapper Can’t Stop Lying
Commentary In an interview with The Washington Post’s “fact-checker,” former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper contends that Politico misled the public about a letter he and 50 other former intel officials signed during the 2020 presidential campaign warning that the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story could be Russian deception. “There was message…
The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 18: Montesquieu
Commentary Montesquieu’s full name was Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de LaBrède et de Montesquieu. When he was born near Bordeaux, France, in 1689, he was merely Charles-Louis de Secondat. He received the baronry of LaBrède (with rich wine land) from his mother. He received the barony of Montesquieu from his uncle. He received a…
New South Wales Digs Itself Into Coal Reserve Hole
February 16, 2023
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Commentary New South Wales (NSW) has introduced a reservation policy for coal. A certain portion of coal produced in the state will be required by law to be sold within the state. The policy will likely come into effect on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t mean it’s a joke. This is one more…
Why California’s Renewables Agenda Is Impossible
February 16, 2023
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Commentary California’s regnant political class sees almost every policy in terms of inspiring the world to adopt policies similar to ours on global warming or climate change. A recently published book will disabuse anyone who reads it of that notion, because it shows our reliance on the traditional industrial-age fuels, coal, and petrochemicals inevitably will…
Biden Administration Should Take Stronger Stance Against Chinese Provocations
Commentary The pace of China’s espionage offensive against its potential adversaries in the likely upcoming invasion of Taiwan seems to be increasing, and the Biden administration needs to increase its countermeasures. The recent spate of spy balloon incursions and probes of allied defenses in the Western Pacific stand as a reminder of the urgency. History…
Hypocrisy Leading to an Attack on Religious Freedom
Commentary On Jan. 27, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) released a consultation paper on its inquiry into religious, educational institutions and anti-discrimination laws. The Terms of Reference outlined in the paper require the ALRC to develop proposals for protections against discrimination of students and staff while ensuring that religious educational institutions “can continue to…
Don’t Be so Fast to Write Off Alcohol Bans as ‘Useless’ and ‘Racist’
February 16, 2023
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Commentary With alcohol bans being reinstated in the Northern Territory, we can expect more discussion about whether they are effective or not. Former West Australian of the Year and Nyamal woman Tracy Westerman has previously stated that authorities are not addressing the root cause of alcohol abuse when speaking of her home state. I agree…
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