Tag: Viewpoints

Social Media and the Scourge of Suicide Contagion

Commentary The kids of America are not OK. Although the mental health crisis plaguing younger generations is very much global in nature, it’s particularly bad in the United States. Suicide is the now second-leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of 15 and 24. Close to 20 percent of high school students have…


Jobs Growth Is Strong Until Recession Begins

Commentary The latest released U.S. nonfarm payrolls continue on the upside to the surprise of the market, with a month-on-month (MoM) increase of 253,000 jobs beating expectations of 180,000 and the previous month’s 165,000. Despite the trend has been declining from 400,000 at the beginning of the year to over 200,000, which is not low…


What Women Really Want

Commentary American poet Carl Sandburg once wrote, “A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.” However, this view is not shared by doomsayers in the United States and Western countries who push “depopulation,” believing the world is overpopulated. Their response to this “crisis” is to advocate for unhindered access to birth control and abortion….


Myths and Legends Forged on the Shores of Gallipoli

Commentary Another ANZAC Day (April 25) already fades into memory as I contemplate its powerful influence not only on our Australian history but on a much broader stage. When I was a boy in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I used to watch the Sydney parade every year, from start to finish. I must…


Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says He Won’t Run With Donald Trump

Commentary Perhaps in response to comments here at The Epoch Times and elsewhere, declared Democratic Party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tweeted the following: “Just to quell any speculation, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will I join Donald Trump on an electoral ticket. Our positions on certain fundamental issues, our approaches to governance, and our…


California Reparations Report Should Disappoint Black Residents and Everybody Else

Commentary What a missed opportunity. On Saturday, the California Reparations Task Force issued its final recommendations (pdf) for “any form of compensation to African Americans, with a special consideration for African Americans who are descendants of persons enslaved in the United States.” Those are the words from Assembly Bill 3121, the 2020 law establishing the…


Free Speech Is on Its Deathbed in Academia—But Students Will Save It

Commentary While in high school, I dreamed of attending a university where my right to say what I believe would remain sacred. I therefore enrolled at the University of Chicago because of its advertised commitment to unfettered academic inquiry. Upon attending, however, I quickly realized that the famed values upon which the school had been…


After Getting Everything Wrong During COVID, Top Health Officials Now Try to Deflect Blame

Commentary The United States was shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This started under the Trump administration, with guidelines in March 2020. They declared that in order to “slow the spread,” the nation would have to self-quarantine for 15 days. Then we were told, 15 days? That’s not enough to “flatten the…


Large Banks at Risk of Deposit Runs, Despite Size

Commentary Putting aside fraud or criminal activity, banks typically fail in one of two ways: either through insolvency or illiquidity (or both). Insolvency occurs when the bank doesn’t have enough assets to cover its liabilities. Insolvency tends to emerge gradually; for example, when it develops from deteriorating “main street” economic conditions. On the other hand,…


The Founders and the Constitution, Part 9: George Washington

Commentary Historian Forrest McDonald itemized some of George Washington’s constitutional contributions in American National Biography Online: “His role in working out the details of the Constitution was minimal, but Washington was important to the success of the convention withal. His very attendance, together with Benjamin Franklin’s, ensured the convention respectability and public trust … His…