Category: Analysis

Even Small Red States Have Election Integrity Problems

Commentary Election integrity remains a key issue among voters going into 2022. A Rasmussen Reports national survey in July found that 52 percent of likely U.S. voters believe it is at least somewhat likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, while 50 percent think it is at least somewhat likely there…


This Is Not the Path to Growth and Prosperity

Commentary Consumer retail spending right now is one of the few measures of economic activity that has not hit the skids. It rose two months ago, was flat last month, but there is every indication that it is rising again, as people dig deep to cough up to pay much higher bills while trying their…


The Destructionist Phase of American History

Commentary For reasons I do not understand, I happen to be on the Democratic Party email list for donors. Several times per day, I receive notes demanding money. If I give $7, I could get a phone call from Joe Biden! Also, if I cough up for this or that candidate, the party will be…


Fix the Money, Fix the Government

Commentary In the midst of all this incredible political and economic chaos, I was tasked with packing up my mother’s things to prepare for her move to assisted living. It’s a gravely emotional experience for anyone, as I’m sure you know. I adore that woman, and going through her house offered ten thousand reminders. The…


FBI Raid Has Solidified Trump’s Clout in GOP Ahead of Expected 2024 Run, Conservative Observers Say

News Analysis The recent raid by the FBI on former President Donald Trump’s residence has solidified Trump’s hold on the 2024 GOP presential nomination, according to conservatives and analysts. The raid of Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, was aimed at preventing the former president from gaining office again, they told The Epoch Times….


Biden Administration Extends Attack on the Free Market in New Rules on Student Debt

Commentary Instead of addressing the college debt crisis, the Biden administration has proposed new rules designed to punish for-profit colleges and stick taxpayers with billions of dollars in debt forgiveness. Taxpayers deserve accountability from the Department of Education, not carrots and sticks that interfere with a free marketplace for higher education. The rules, proposed last month, do…


The Recovery Must Begin Now

Commentary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been the guiding hand throughout the disastrous pandemic response. The influence of this bureaucracy shattered communities, businesses, families, schools, markets, and so much more. It wrecked trust in government, media, and all other institutions like Big Tech. Every person has a story to tell, many of…


The Hidden Enemy Now Stares Us in the Face

Commentary The most bizarre feature of the raid on Donald Trump’s home was its incredible invasiveness. It was how several days went by before anyone was willing to take responsibility for it. All inquiries to the White House were met with hand waves and shoulder shrugs. The FBI would not comment. All we had were…


The Psy-ops of Inflation Reports

Commentary Yesterday we were treated to the astonishing claims of the White House that inflation was zero. It was the broadcasting of a math error that would have been marked wrong on any test in a high-school primer on economics. But if our times have taught us anything it is that politics cares nothing for…


How the IRS Expansion Would Empower Ruling Elites to Target Americans

Commentary “He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” Those were the words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, referring to the depredation of King George III. The sentence was part of a long list of grievances that…