Commentary It sometimes feels as though our democracy is broken, and I wonder if it is our own fault. We have the right to know what our government does on our behalf, but we have become an apathetic citizenry, apparently not caring enough to speak up when we don’t like how politicians run the government…
The Democrats’ Incapacity for Irony and the ‘Threat to Democracy’
Commentary Talking of irony, as I did last week (see “The Irony in Biden’s Call for Unity” in The Epoch Times of Jan. 21, 2021), I saw a headline in USA Today the same day that made me laugh out loud: “Joe Biden needs a democracy czar to jump-start vital changes in elections and education.”…
HSBC ‘Aiding Crackdown on Democracy,’ British Lawmakers Say
January 27, 2021
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LONDON—HSBC is “aiding and abetting one of the biggest crackdowns on democracy in the world,” British lawmaker Chris Bryant told the bank’s chief executive Noel Quinn on Tuesday in a hearing over its freezing of Hong Kong democrats’ bank accounts. The CEO’s summons to face the cross-party Foreign Affairs Committee came after former Hong Kong…
Inauguration at Capitol Will Show ‘Resilience of American Democracy’: Biden Spokesperson
President-elect Joe Biden’s spokeswoman on Sunday reaffirmed plans to hold the inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, saying it will highlight the “resilience of American democracy” amid safety concerns and a heightened security posture following last week’s violent breach of the complex. Incoming White House communications director Kate Bedingfield, in an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,”…
America Must Now Choose to Be Something Other Than a Republic
Commentary There can be no question where America stands now. It stands on the precipice of something altogether different from what it once claimed to be: a republic. As we have witnessed the country continue to practically willfully tear itself apart, the words of Jesus Christ, reiterated by Abraham Lincoln, echo in our ears: A…
Welcome to America’s Managed Democracy
Commentary The populist disruptor, an unapologetic rough diamond, won a surprise victory with massive working-class support. In power, he battled overwhelming odds to keep his campaign promises, such as an anti-war foreign policy, fighting corruption, and challenging media bias. His political enemies within both the partisan opposition and his own government were legion. The bipartisan…
Fear and the Freedom to Speak
Commentary 2021 will be a year of big decisions. With the pandemic raging and the political landscape offering no certainty, the world teeters on the precipice of the unknown more acutely than at any time since the Cold War. At this pivotal moment it is crucial to mitigate the powerful influences conspiring against our mental…
Regulate Social Media Like Public Utilities
January 13, 2021
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Commentary Democracy took a big blow when Twitter shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts and Google and Amazon ousted Parler, a site favored by millions of conservatives. Big Tech, which is run by the left, is robbing Americans of their right to communicate freely and exchange ideas. The nation’s founders worried that the government would…
The Enemy Is Fragility: Pompeo’s New Strategy
Commentary Planet Earth, for worse and occasionally better, is a world of neighborhood existence—many neighborhoods at peace, many (most?) neighborhoods uneasy and facing tenuous circumstances, too many neighborhoods experiencing outright anarchy and war. Blame the level of perception, of easy aggregation, for missing this truth. I’ll illustrate with an anecdote. Six years ago, an obstreperous…
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The Nation Speaks (Jan. 2): Rep. Vernon Jones on What’s at Stake in Georgia; What Polling Can Tell Us About GA Runoff Elections; 2020 Year in Review
In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we sit down with Rep. Vernon Jones to talk about what’s at stake in Georgia. Then, we take a look at what polling can tell us about the Georgia Senate runoff elections with Craig Keshishian, senior advisor at InsiderAdvantage and Robert Cahaly, chief pollster at the Trafalgar Group….