Commentary There is this joke in economics that says two people are walking along and one says “There’s a twenty dollar bill on the sidewalk.” The economist responds: “That cannot be true because someone would have already picked it up.” There is a weird truth to the joke that in economics class we learn about…
The Rise of Conscious Consumerism
May 9, 2023
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China Conducts a ‘Maximum’ Pressure Campaign Against Taiwan
Commentary The period from December 2022 to the present date has seen unprecedented Chinese Communist Party (CCP) challenges to the sovereignty of Taiwan. This should be called the Fourth Taiwan Straits Crisis, keeping with the naming convention of two different crisis periods of the 1950s and one during the 1990s. This period of tension is far more…
The Yes Vote Argument Misses the Mark
Commentary On May 2, The Epoch Times published an opinion piece entitled “Yes Is for Bringing Australia Together and Moving Forward.” The article argues that opponents of The Voice claim that the proposed entrenchment of The Voice in the Constitution repudiates “a central tenet of liberalism—the idea that we should be treated equally.” The article’s author…
The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part I
May 8, 2023
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Commentary In 2016, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech calling for the “Sinicization of religion” in a nation of one billion, he was espousing a century-old impulse among his people while also inadvertently underscoring a persistent paradox that Chinese Communists brought with them when they took over the country in 1949—and have never…
John Robson: Self-Congratulatory Tone at Liberal Convention Belies the Grim Reality
May 8, 2023
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Commentary Apparently it’s grand being a Liberal in Canada. You’re the best, you know it, and you want the world to see you dance before your own tabernacle. Which might not be the best approach just now. It doubtless seems weird to emerge from the heady atmosphere of the Shaw Centre to a lecture on…
Hunter Biden’s Coming Indictment?
Commentary This week the nation could finally get more insight into the allegations against Hunter Biden, whose infamous laptop sparked allegations that the Biden family is involved in a scheme to peddle political power for profit. A congressional press conference this Wednesday is set to release its findings, which include whistleblower statements, bank documents, and…
Predictable Yearly Debt Ceiling Shenanigans Should Be a Reminder of Fiscal Responsibility
Commentary The current federal debt ceiling impasse is similar to a yearly ritual in our nation’s capital. The GOP-led House recently passed a bill that would raise the ceiling but would call for nearly $5 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. It’s a given that this bill won’t pass muster in the Democratic-led…
Cohabitation Is Not the Key to Marital Success
Commentary The late James Q. Wilson wrote in his essay “Why We Don’t Marry,” “Marriage was once a sacrament, then it became a contract, and now it is an arrangement.” One of the great losses suffered by our society is the great lie that has been perpetuated, starting with the sexual revolution of the 1960s,…
King Charles III Has a Climate Record to Live Down
Commentary This Saturday’s coronation of King Charles III marks a significant moment in Britain’s history. No previous constitutional monarch has expressed his political views so openly. Unlike his mother and grandfather, whose opinions, if they had any, remained unknown to the general public, the king’s record-setting seventy years as heir apparent to the British throne…
Debt Ceiling Negotiations: 316 to Zero
Commentary Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s announcement that the United States government could run out of money by early June starts the next phase of the debt ceiling dance. The score at this point is House Republicans 316 to President Joe Biden and Senator Chuck Schumer zero. The 316 is the number of pages in the…
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