This week, the Chinese government activated its vast censorship apparatus to prevent dissemination of news regarding thousands of citizens taking to the streets to protest the CCP’s zero-COVID lockdowns. China has developed the world’s most sophisticated and invasive surveillance scheme: According to The Wall Street Journal, police have been dispersing […]
Socialism in America
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For decades, parents have sacrificed and students have gone into debt to fund college degrees that lead nowhere. But the college scam may be up soon — not thanks to any moral awakening on the part of college administrators. Instead, a tight job market is motivating more employers, including Google, […]
The list included in this Policy Brief shows the election victories and losses for a selection of socialist and far-left progressive candidates running for office during the 2022 midterm election. The list was created by a team of researchers from the Socialism Research Center at The Heartland Institute, a national […]
On Thanksgiving we rightly give thanks. And let’s be clear that, amid all the turmoil that consumes daily headlines, we Americans do indeed have a lot to be thankful for. We are still relatively free. We are also incredibly prosperous — a prosperity that would be impossible without uniquely talented […]
As a tactical concern, the House GOP’s decision to open an investigation into Biden family corruption is questionable. It promises limited political return. It would serve Republicans, and the country, far better if the House focused on a hyper-politicized Justice Department that targets the political opposition, labels concerned parents “domestic […]
This week, another evil mass shooter unleashed horror at a gay club in Colorado Springs, killing 5 and wounding another 25. The shooter — whose name I refuse to mention in order to disincentivize future shooters, who seek notoriety — was clearly mentally ill: Just last year, the shooter reportedly […]
After disappointing midterm election results for Republicans, many understandably pin blame on corrosive figures like former president Donald Trump. His losing record is impressive considering his cultlike persona appeal with MAGA voters. If Republicans finally learn to shed Trump and his ilk it will be a good thing. However, there’s […]
President Joe Biden’s $400 billion 2022 election bribe — also known as student loan forgiveness — has been now stopped in its tracks on two fronts. First, in Texas, federal district court Judge Mark Pittman, one of nearly 300 federal judges appointed by former President Donald Trump, ruled the initiative […]
There are no saviors or miracles in democracy, only a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. That is the enduring lesson of the 2022 midterms, as it is every election. And, though the results will be overinterpreted by pundits, and partisans will have all their priors confirmed, in the end, […]
Turkey prices are soaring this Thanksgiving, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With food prices helping to drive inflation to a 40-year high, Americans are feeling the heat at grocery stores and during family dinners. It’s in this context that Congress is about to consider yet another farm […]
During Donald Trump’s presidency, The Washington Post kept a running tally of his alleged lies and/or misleading statements. But, when Joe Biden became president, the Post fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, announced an end to the database operation, saying: “Maintaining the Trump database over four years required about 400 additional 8-hour days […]
Remember President Joe Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board? It was so ridiculed that the administration quickly scaled it back and then shut it down. But beware, Biden is resorting to more secretive methods — a vast censorship operation in collusion with Silicon Valley — to tighten the screws on what Americans […]
Imagine someone close to you has a drinking problem. Night after night, he goes out to the bars on wild binges, chugging down 10 to 12 beers a night. But then, in a supreme effort to reform himself, the drunkard cuts his consumption down to a six-pack every night. He […]
Here are two snippets from Wednesday’s New York Times piece contending that Republicans have “embraced” plans to cut Social Security and Medicare: “The fact that Republicans are openly talking about cutting the programs has galvanized Democrats in the final weeks of the midterm campaign.” “Still, the fact that key Republicans […]
A big issue that has emerged in the final days of the midterm election campaigns is the lockdowns of our schools and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The public saw with the abysmal test scores of our children the severe and lasting damage done. Voters are angry, and they should […]
Republicans want to take over Congress and come Tuesday they might get their wish. Assuming they win both the House and Senate, they will face enormous challenges: a country still heading into a recession, inflation still high and rising, government deficits and debt as far as the eye can see, […]
It has now been a week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, and the wailing and gnashing of teeth is still audible across the legacy media landscape. In one sense, that’s rather shocking: Why, precisely, should members of the media be so apoplectic about a billionaire taking over a social […]
According to the classic definition, an absolute truth is “something that is true at all times in all places.” In other words, an absolute truth is something that is true regardless of circumstances or context. For example, it is an absolute truth that the sun rises in the east and […]
With the midterm elections less than a week away, the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) are calling for young socialists to sever ties with the Democratic Party and pledge their political allegiance to the Independent Working Class Socialist Party. Although their new party does not exist yet, YDSA is […]
At this point, it would save everyone time if Democrats could simply point to a policy agenda item that isn’t going to save democracy — if such a thing exists. If Republicans vote, they are killing democracy. If they don’t vote, they are killing democracy. The only way to “save […]
What issues are the candidates and the parties not talking about? It’s worth asking, because sometimes these issues turn out to be important. I don’t remember any candidates talking about Islamic terrorism in the midterm elections of 1998 or about the risk of investing in mortgage-backed securities in 2006. Going […]
Debate now rages about whether the Federal Reserve should continue to raise interest rates to tame inflation or slow down these hikes and see what happens. This is not the first debate we’ve had recently about inflation and Fed actions. The lesson we should learn, and I fear we won’t, […]
The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve are examining the idea of a digital dollar. A digital currency would offer new tool for stabilizing the economy but pose threats to privacy and freedom. To consider a digital currency, let’s start with the contributions of money. Money functions as a medium […]
Everywhere I go, people are mystified about President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. So few of the policies comport with basic common sense that I’m asked the same question over and over: Is Biden intentionally trying to take a wrecking ball to the economy? Is this all part of some diabolical […]
It was about eight to 10 years ago that the Left made a unilateral decision to shut down all opposition and any skepticism about climate change by pronouncing that the debate was over. The “scientific consensus” had been reached, as if sent down on tablets from God, that mankind was […]
Last month at the Sixth Annual Kentucky Chapters Conference of the Federalist Society, Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (disclosure: my former boss) issued a call to arms. Ho, who earlier this year ruffled feathers at Georgetown University Law Center by using […]
Our right to free expression is unquestionably the most significant of all of the liberties that we hold most dear. It is the foundation of every right that we enjoy as Americans and is the reason why society exists in its current form, as well as the reason why it […]
In a day and age in which most politicians are solely concerned with maintaining their power by keeping their elected office and remaining friendly with the establishment wing of their political party, Tulsi Gabbard stands as a woman apart. Gabbard, a war veteran who represented Hawaii in the U.S. House […]
Last week, Saudi Arabia announced, in conjunction with OPEC+, that it would be cutting oil production in the face of dropping prices. That decision came in spite of the Biden White House’s lobbying in favor of increased production, which included a sycophantic visit by President Joe Biden to Saudi Crown […]
When new British Prime Minister Liz Truss suggested lowering the United Kingdom’s highest tax rate from 45% to 40%, along with a 1% reduction in the income tax rate for all taxpayers, the bond markets and the central bankers around the world went stark raving mad. The academic pinheads at […]
President Biden’s reckless, unfounded, and hypocritical declaration that the majority of the Republican Party are “semi-fascists” leaves me wondering whether he understands what fascism entails. It would behoove Biden to cease making these assertions, considering his regime embodies fascism to a greater extent than any administration in living memory; he certainly looked the […]
As America’s public schooling system has become a vehicle for radical progressive indoctrination of our nation’s children, public libraries have followed suit. The American Library Association (ALA)–the largest library organization in the world with nearly 50,000 members, primarily located in the United States–officially states its mission is to “provide leadership […]
Fresh off an embarrassing gaffe in South Korea, in which Vice President Kamala Harris praised the United States’ strong alliance with North Korea, she is at it again — albeit without gaffes but with a striking comment emblematic of our country’s divide over racial issues. At a Sept. 30 event […]
The president is annoyed. On Saturday, during a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, he complained that “I’m so sick of Republicans saying we’re the ‘big spenders.’ Give me a break. Give me a break.” He all but said in one portion of the speech that he is spending a […]
Young socialists at Montclair State University have reason to rejoice, they now have their very own student club. This semester, Riley Fluharty, a sophomore history major at MSU, founded the Socialist Club, because she believes, “capitalism is inherently exploitative.” What else does Fluharty believe about capitalism? “The way we conduct […]
After Hurricane Ian ravaged Fort Myers and produced extensive damage and flooding throughout Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris called for racial preference when it comes to the federal government’s relief response. According to Harris, “We have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, […]
In just the last few weeks, Liz Truss, Britain’s new prime minister, has been denounced by critics as a “fascist.” So has Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s newly elected prime minister. Along with all Republicans in Congress, Texas and Florida GOP Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis and, of course, former President […]
The Biden administration and a consortium of public and private actors have been assiduously developing a novel U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC), which would ultimately replace the tangible U.S. dollar and transform our financial system. A national CBDC administered, issued, and controlled by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other […]
It should not be all that surprising that most Latino Americans have a negative view of socialism, considering that many have fled socialist countries such as Cuba and Venezuela in pursuit of the American Dream in recent decades. In fact, according to a new poll conducted by Pew Research, 53 […]
During my many battles fighting against cronyism, I have often been accused of being hard on government while letting businesses off the hook. This accusation is weird. Defending the free market is quite different from a blanket defense of businesses. I am pro-business only insofar as I am pro-market — […]
This week, Italy prepared to welcome a new prime minister: 45-year-old Giorgia Meloni, leader of the right-wing Brothers of Italy party since 2014. Meloni is a populist conservative on issues ranging from marriage to immigration; she is a nationalist by philosophy and combatively passionate by temperament. A clip of a […]
Republicans are gearing up for elections in November by drawing a clear line in the sand between their party and Democrats. Republicans have rolled out what they call Commitment to America. And this is exactly what it’s about. Our country embodies a worldview, and it is that worldview, and the […]
A staggering 99% of Twitter employees who make political contributions give to Democrats. It’s almost as lopsided at Facebook and Alphabet (the parent company of Google), according to Federal Election Commission records. Relying on these left-leaning tech platforms to be even-handed was always naive. But recent evidence — email correspondence […]
Meet Will Lehman, who is running for president of the United Autoworkers Union (UAW). According to his campaign website, this is how Lehman describes himself and his philosophy: “I am a socialist. Socialism means putting the world’s productive forces under the democratic control of the working class and distributing resources, […]
Although the 2022 midterm elections are less than 50 days away, the mainstream media is already looking ahead to the 2024 presidential election. What’s even more surprising, the media is questioning whether or not President Biden will receive a primary challenge from none other than progressive darling and self-avowed socialist, […]
While speaking at the International Energy Agency’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum, U.S. Special Presidential Climate Envoy John Kerry told the world the truth about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). According to Kerry, ” I’m not sure how much it has to do with inflation, but that’s okay.” Actually, no, […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) believes capitalism is the root of all evil and socialism is the solution to all problems. Apparently, she is quite ignorant when it comes to modern world history. In her latest broadside against capitalism, the very economic system that has uplifted billions from abject poverty over […]
Democratic politicians across the U.S. are pushing for guaranteed monthly cash handouts to the poor. No strings attached. No work required. Taxpayers foot the bill. This scheme, which is already being rolled out in Los Angeles, Chicago, Providence, Rhode Island, Denver and numerous other cities, needs to be stopped. It’s […]