Commentary China launched missiles over Taiwan and into Japanese waters in a truculent response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Aug. 2 visit to the island nation. That was just the latest sign Beijing is not deterred and might be closer to trying a military takeover of Taiwan than most believe. Given how long it takes to build modern naval…
Upcoming Housing Recession Is Being Underestimated by Most Analysts
Commentary Recently the market has been struggling between recession or no recession, and whether there will be a recession, sooner or later. By definition, recession refers to the period when economic activity runs from peak to trough, about its trend level. Although it takes quite some skills to separate the trend and cyclical components from…
Chaos and the Opportunity for Choice
Commentary It matters how societies shape themselves. Despite this, few individuals debate or continuously review—let alone attempt to change—the form of governance under which they have been born. They wait for their societies to evolve, mature, grow old, and collapse. Some societies collapse in their relative youth through mismanagement, undefeated threats, or other causes. Some…
The Financial Times on the Road to Damascus
Originally published by American Greatness. Commentary The greatest strategic mistake made by the United States was to fund the rise of its enemy. For decades, the U.S. government encouraged investment in China to the extent that much of America’s critical manufacturing capability moved to China, and Chinese firms learned American manufacturing techniques and secrets. Encouraged…
Exploring the US Labor Shortage and Unemployment
August 23, 2022
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Commentary Businesses across the United States report that they find it hard to find staff and that vacancies are going unfilled. Meanwhile, companies are making cuts, and unemployment is expected to rise. In 2021, more than 47 million workers quit their jobs, considerably more than the 42 million in 2019. Some of these resignations were…
The Rise of Global Feudalism
Commentary Is “global feudalism” on the horizon? It sure looks that way. I use the term “global feudalism” because it describes what seems to occur with the rise of the technocratic state and the undeniably powerful influence of political and industrial elites over the lives of the average person. Feudalism 101 Feudalism, you may recall, was…
China Is Weaponizing Chinese Worldwide to Support the CCP
Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary “Promoting the great unity of the Chinese people is the historic responsibility of China’s patriotic united front work in the new era,” said Chinese ruler Xi Jinping at the end of last month to Communist Party cadres in Beijing. “To do the job well, we must … truly unite all Chinese…
How Communism Led to Fascism and Violence
Commentary Communism is an ideology supposedly meant to achieve equality and peace. Still, in reality, its promotion of dictatorship and violent takeover of the means of production have invariably led to some of the world’s worst authoritarian regimes. As a result, tens of millions were killed in wars, famines, and genocides, including against Koreans, Afghans,…
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…
China Wants to Control the World’s Internet—Can It?
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is actively attempting to control the internet. This might sound like hyperbolic fearmongering—but it’s not. Each year, the Cyber Administration of China hosts the World Internet Conference. In the words of Xi Jinping, the conference was designed to focus on “global internet development and governance.” This year’s conference took place last…
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