In Foreign Policy, David Gerard encourages regulators to clamp down on crypto before another bubble/bust cycle takes place, ruining the savings of many more speculators in the process. He concludes: Ordinary mom-and-pop investors were badly burned by the May crash. The influx of retail dollars was almost entirely cut off. Crypto exchanges such as Coinbase, […]
Biden’s Policies Are Strangling America’s Job Engine, Small Businesses
America’s job-creation engine is its small businesses, and Joe Biden’s policies are strangling them. Carl J. Schramm reports in Specator World: As a recession looms, policymakers have predictably turned to entrepreneurs to start new businesses and jumpstart the economy. While this may be a good political talking point, the fact is that new business formation […]
China Is Building Its Fleet to Bully Neighbors, not Challenge USA, Yet
This week, China’s much-heralded “third aircraft carrier” took to the sea. Many pundits talked of China’s challenge to American naval power, but that’s just not where China is today. Sam Roggeveen explains in Foreign Policy why China’s navy is built to bully neighbors, not challenge American naval power. At least not yet. Roggeveen is the […]
ISRAEL ELECTION: A Comeback for Bibi?
Will new elections in tumultuous Israel bring Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu back to power after the slow-motion collapse of the coalition formed by his political rival, Naftali Bennett? Colm Quinn reports in Foreign Policy, writing: Israel is on track for its fifth election in less than four years after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he […]
ECONOMIC WAR? China Prepares for Full Decoupling from USA
Is economic warfare imminent between China and the United States? In Foreign Policy, Zongyuan Zoe Liu outlines China’s preparation for economic warfare with the United States, writing: Chinese policymakers are increasingly convinced that the United States is determined to implement a full-fledged strategy of containment against China. Beijing views the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity as the […]
FOOD SHORTAGES AHEAD? Farmers “Teetering on the Edge”
Farmers can’t afford to put diesel fuel in their tractors to plant their corn. They can’t get the fertilizers they need. Pennsylvania Farm Bureau legislative affairs specialist Kyle Kotzmoyer says, “We are teetering on the edge right now.” The Morning Call reports: His appearance came in the third hearing on soaring inflation held by the […]
WATCH: Rand Paul HAMMERS Fauci on Vaccines for Kids
Sen. Rand Paul used his time during a hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci to skewer Fauci on the government’s recommendation to vaccinate children, and went on to highlight the undisclosed royalty payments CDC employees get from companies they oversee. Sen. @RandPaul levels Fauci for recommending boosters without any data: Paul: “If I give a patient […]
NO COMPETITION? China’s Fizzling Economic Miracle
In Foreign Policy, Craig Singleton suggests that, rather than being poised to be the next “great competitor” to the United States on the world stage, China is instead no competition at all. He writes: What if the new era of great-power competition was over before it had even begun? Many of today’s fears about a […]
Farmers Fearful in Biden Economy
Farmers are suffering as they watch their input costs skyrocket. You heard just how bad it’s gotten on the farm for my favorite Florida farmer, Alfie Oakes here, but he’s not alone. Farmers across America, and even across the world are facing tough times due to inflated input costs. According to Purdue University’s Ag Economy […]
As Hispanics Turn Right, Soros and Allies Buy Spanish-speaking Media
Joe Biden’s approval has plummeted recently among Hispanic voters to only 24%. The NY Post reports: Approval of President Biden’s job performance slipped to just 33% in a poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University — as even key Democratic voting blocs such as young people and racial minorities give the president a big thumbs-down. The survey, conducted […]