Tag: freedom

Inflation and a Probable Recession Are Eroding American’s Freedom: Stephen Moore

The Biden administration’s big spending and economic policies have caused massive inflation and a probable recession, eroding people’s freedom every day, said former White House economic adviser Stephen Moore. He said Americans must rise up to win back their constitutional rights. “The whole idea of the American Constitution was to really limit the spending and the…


Hong Kong Was Once My Home—Today It’s a Police State

Commentary Twenty-five years ago today, Hong Kong was handed over to China and the last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, sailed out on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Two months later, as a young fresh graduate, I flew in to begin my first job and career as a journalist and activist. I had the privilege…


Higher Fines, More Police in Ottawa for Canada Day Weekend, City Says

The City of Ottawa has promised strict enforcement of new, hefty fines as it heads into Canada Day weekend. A tweet from the Ottawa By-law account on June 29 publicized the new $1000 fines for things such as “unusual noise,” shouting, public urination or defication, encumbering a highway, or idling. Please be advised, a number of…


On Point: Flash Mobs, Tea Parties, and Tocqueville

Commentary In February 2009, a young man posting on a website dubbed “The Urban Prankster Network” (Headquarters for Global Agents of Stealth Comedy!) suggested a novel way to cool off the city of Austin, Texas, when the inevitable hell of a Texas summer bakes streets and fries brains: a citywide water gun and water balloon…


To Gain More Freedom, American Morality Must Increase

American morality is in decline, and the population is starting to take note. Half of Americans—a record high number—now rate U.S. morals as “poor,” according to a recent Gallup poll. “Consideration of others” is the leading indicator of this moral decline, Americans say, followed by “racism/discrimination.” Yet we really didn’t need a poll to tell us about…


The Evisceration of the American Work Ethic

News Analysis “I can’t seem to hire good and reliable people anymore,” the manager of an Apple store told me over the weekend. “I don’t get it. They aren’t motivated by money. They can’t show up on time. They are not driven to do better. There is no personal ambition. Something is wrong.” His own…


Unsilenced | Feature Film

When the Chinese Communist Party launches a brutal crackdown against 100 million citizens, a jaded American reporter and a team of innocent students risk everything to expose the deadly propaganda and fight for freedom. “Unsilenced” won the 2021 Audience Award for narrative feature at the 28th annual Austin Film Festival in Texas on Nov. 1,…


Travel-Related Bill S-7 the Latest Government Effort to Erode Personal Liberties

The 2022 Canadian parliamentary session has been marked by a strong trend toward authoritarian policy measures. From the most extreme example with the invocation of the Emergencies Act, to bills C-11 and C-18 seeking to control the media and internet, to the freezing of handgun sales in Canada, the federal government is heavily focused on…


Black Conservatives Convene for a ‘New Birth of Freedom’

Commentary Recent remarks by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, noting the institutional damage caused by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion on Roe v. Wade, have gotten exhaustive coverage in the press. But, not surprisingly, the venue where Thomas made these remarks has gotten little attention by these same journalists. The event was a…


Is Resistance Futile?

Commentary Most recall the famous phrase “resistance is futile” that derives from various science fiction movies, including “Star Trek: First Contact.” But is resistance futile? Under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the mantra sold to the Chinese people that resistance to the CCP is futile and to the world is that the CCP system is…