Tag: Viewpoints

Newsom Sets Up Soviet-Style Hate Snitch Line

Commentary We’ve seen this before. California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently established a new hotline, CAvsHate.org, which “provides a safe, anonymous reporting option for victims and witnesses of hate acts,” according to his office’s announcement. “Here in California, we are sending an unequivocal message that hate will not be tolerated,” said the governor himself.  “We stand firm…


‘The Hustler,’ the 1913 US Open, and the Debt Ceiling Negotiations

Commentary There are powerful parallels in the 1961 movie “The Hustler,” the 1913 US Open, and the current debt ceiling negotiation. Let me explain. In each case, there is a real question of which competitor is going to succumb to the pressure and break. In “The Hustler,” Paul Newman plays Eddie Felton, a young pool…


Los Angeles’s Office Market Is in Even More Trouble Than Before

Commentary On April 1, 2023, a new transfer tax on all real estate transactions in the city of Los Angeles went into effect. The tax is 4 percent on the sales price between $5 million and $10 million and 5.5 percent on sales proceeds over $10 million. Although the impact of this tax on each…


Los Angeles’s Office Market Is in Even More Trouble

Commentary On April 1, 2023, a new transfer tax on all real estate transactions in the city of Los Angeles went into effect. The tax is 4 percent on the sales price between $5 million and $10 million and 5.5 percent on sales proceeds over $10 million. Although the impact of this tax on each…


The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism

Commentary Corporate intrigue reached a fevered pitch on May 6, 2023, in Omaha, Nebraska, when a shareholder was arrested during the annual shareholder meeting of Berkshire Hathaway. The shareholder challenged the affiliation of Warren Buffett with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Bill Gates’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted in Florida for procuring a…


Biden Cowed by China’s Aggression

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary The State Department delayed imposing sanctions, export controls, and other measures on China after the Chinese military brazenly flew its large spy balloon over Alaska, Canada, and the lower 48 states in late January and early February. The postponement of these measures, reported by Reuters on May 11, will almost certainly…


Q&A With Attorney Bruce Castor on Durham Report: ‘We Can’t Trust the Federal Government’

Bruce L. Castor, Jr. is a lawyer based in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He served as a prosecutor and elected/appointed government official for over 30 years before joining the private sector. Routinely listed as among America’s top lawyers, Mr. Castor helped lead the team that successfully defended President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in 2021 before the U.S….


Durham’s Disaster

Commentary Special Counsel John Durham’s long-awaited report is a massive disappointment. He lays out reams of long-established facts in a comprehensive manner that will prove useful to posterity, but his utter failure to hold corrupt coup-plotters accountable will only further embolden Deep State government gangsters. Durham had the rarest of opportunities- to restore faith in…


South Korea Bets Arsenal Ships Will Give North Korea and China Second Thoughts

Commentary Threatened by North Korean nuclear weapons and communist Chinese conventional air and missile fires, South Korea has decided to spend serious money on an old but often spurned military concept: the arsenal ship. The concept is simple. Take a very large but comparatively inexpensive civilian commercial ship. Oil supertankers and huge container carriers fit…


Migrants First, Everyone Last

Commentary Democrats’ new rule: If you’re not a migrant, go to the back of the line. Gary Moretti and his fiancée booked 30 rooms at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, New York, for their bridesmaids and guests for a June 24 wedding. But New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ migrant-first policy demolished their plans. Over…