Commentary North Korea stole over $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency, which funds approximately 50 percent of its nuclear weapons development, according to a Wall Street Journal report on June 11. The massive crypto haul is in addition to hundreds of millions of dollars that the rogue state, supported by Russia and China, has stolen or…
Stop Crypto Crime of Rogue States Like China by Banning Cryptocurrency
June 14, 2023
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The Ghosts of Khrushchev and Castro Now Haunt in Communist China’s Cuba
Commentary As a young boy growing up among the servant class in Palm Beach and living just down the street from President John F. Kennedy’s Florida compound during the Cuban missile crisis, it was one of the scariest times of my life. Construction crews were working on a nuclear bomb shelter for JFK under nearby…
The Ghosts of Khrushchev and Castro Now Haunt Communist China’s Cuba
Commentary As a young boy growing up among the servant class in Palm Beach and living just down the street from President John F. Kennedy’s Florida compound during the Cuban missile crisis, it was one of the scariest times of my life. Construction crews were working on a nuclear bomb shelter for JFK under nearby…
On the Border of Ukraine: A Conversation With Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
Commentary Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is eager for his nation to be the best friend America has always sought in the European Union (EU). The EU’s “Old Guard” powers (Germany and France) have been more competitive “frenemies” of the United States, often taking pleasure in criticizing and embarrassing American leaders and policies. In late…
Does Tucker Carlson Have Free Speech Rights?
Commentary In a free society, contracts do a great deal of heavy lifting. You do this and I’ll do that, always to our mutual benefit. When a dispute arises, an arbiter can check the words to see who is in breach. If some party has failed to comply with the terms, he or she pays…
Cuba’s CCP Spy Base
Commentary China’s spy base in Cuba may be a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. “We are deeply disturbed by reports that Havana and Beijing are working together to target the United States and our people,” wrote Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in a recent statement regarding the…
Trump Gets the Beria Treatment
Commentary The Trump indictments—note the plural—are they not like the blind encountering an elephant for the first time? One touches the beast’s trunk and says it’s shaped like a snake. Another touches its tusks and says, no, it’s hard and bone-like. A third, hands on the elephant’s capacious side, says it’s more like a wall…
Phillips Curve Breaks Down Under High Inflation
June 14, 2023
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Commentary International organizations such as International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB), and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED) have revised upward their economic forecasts in turn. Were their forecast updates correct, this would mean the global tightening is not strong enough, and probably not enough to bring down inflation to the 2 percent…
Arrests and Releases Without Charges: The Erosion of Due Process
Commentary There seems to be a fashion these days for arresting politicians once they’ve left office. The latest victim of this fashion is Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister of Scotland, who was recently arrested by the police in Scotland and then released without charge—yet. The former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is presently appealing…
Examples of Counterproductive Government Policies
Commentary Let me acknowledge to my libertarian friends that the title of this article makes a debatable concession in that it implies that some government policies are productive. Other readers of this newspaper may find the common libertarian assertion that “Everything the government touches turns to garbage” too cynical. In this article, I’m not going…
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