News Analysis America is in the throes of a cultural and political war over gender ideology, featuring high-profile conflicts over everything from school curricula to athletics to pronouns. But among the most explosive battles unfolding within the broader war is that over transgender children. In an inhospitable election year for the left, Democrats, far from being on the back foot,…
The War Over ‘Transgender’ Kids: A Pre-Election Battlefield Update
How Good Is the GDP News?
Commentary We would all welcome good economic news. Even better, we would welcome a healthy economy. We have now a headline number that seems fine—an inflation-adjusted increase in Gross Domestic Product annualized at 2.6 percent. But right now, we are nowhere near finding our way back to economic health. The worrying signs are everywhere. The…
German Chancellor’s China Visit Motivated by Eagerness to Strengthen Economic Ties
News Analysis German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has confirmed that he will lead a German business delegation to visit China in early November. The visit comes after EU leaders shared their concerns about Europe’s economic dependence on China under the leadership of the Chinese Communist regime. However, Scholz stated repeatedly that Germany must continue trade with…
New Email Reveals Answer to Establishment’s Efforts to Oust Trump
News Analysis An FBI email previously not known to the public has revealed that the bureau planned to make Igor Danchenko—the primary source for British former spy Christopher Steele’s Trump dossier—a Confidential Human Source (CHS) before it had even interviewed him. The revelation, which came out as a result of special counsel John Durham’s case…
Less Than 1 in 100 Million Chance That COVID-19 Has Natural Origin: New Study
News Analysis A new study on the origins of the pandemic, “Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV2,” published on the preprint server bioRxiv, concludes that it is highly likely that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 originated in a laboratory. The odds of a natural origin, according to the study, are placed at…
Durham Case Reveals Details of FBI’s Reliance on Danchenko
News Analysis John Durham’s prosecution of Igor Danchenko has revealed many details on his work for the FBI, but one overlooked—and crucial—element has been how Danchenko’s claims were used not just by the FBI but throughout the intelligence community. According to FBI agent Kevin Helson, who was Danchenko’s handler while he was a confidential human…
An Upgraded State-Planned Economy May be Accelerated in China After the 20th Congress: Experts
Commentary With the 20th congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) starting on Oct.16, Xi Jinping’s re-election seems to be a given. In the face of a deteriorating economy, Xi’s government may go ahead with “one state-owned enterprise for one industry” and “national unified market,” an upgraded model of the planned economy, experts say. This…
Inflation and Recession Are Becoming Entrenched
News Analysis What do you expect? According to Joseph Biden, as conveyed through the teleprompter, we are already in the clear: “‘No,’ Biden said when asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if Americans should prepare for a recession. “‘It hadn’t happened yet,’ the president added later. ‘I don’t think there will be a recession. If it is, it’ll…
The Inflation Machine Rages Against You
Commentary Reading the daily economic news is like listening to the video narration of a slow-motion pile-up car wreck on the world’s busiest highway. We know exactly what is taking place car by car and we know the damage is great and intensifying in each frame. We are not shocked by any of it but…
More National Security Threats Come From Domestic Left-Wing Extremists: Experts
News Analysis National security analysts, scholars, and a federal indictment reveal that threats from left-wing extremist groups in the United States are more dangerous than right-wing and “MAGA Republican” groups recently cited by the Biden administration as “threats to democracy.” According to the U.S. government, some of the left-wing groups are being funded by Russian…
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