Category: Economy

Arctic Defense: The Growing Geopolitical Battle For The North Arctic Defense: The Growing Geopolitical Battle For The North Authored by Brian Giesbrecht via The Epoch Times, The Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) runs north of the Arctic Circle from Alaska in the west to Baffin Island in the east, then continues across Greenland. It …

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Trump's Tariffs – History Has Lessons To Be Followed Trump’s Tariffs – History Has Lessons To Be Followed Authored by Gregory T. Kiley via RealClearDefense, Interesting times.  Just one month into President Donald Trump’s second term in office and one would be forgiven for feeling a little whiplashed.  From invoking and revoking Federal Government-wide Office and Management and Budget …

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USAID, Soft Power, And How Solzhenitsyn Predicted This Crisis USAID, Soft Power, And How Solzhenitsyn Predicted This Crisis Via OneLeggedParrot.com, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) existed to fan America’s post-World War II brand as the guardian of democracy in the world. It was mostly an info-op euphemistically called soft power.  The mission …

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China FX Outflows Soar As Beijing Prepares For Next Currency Devaluation, Priming Next Bitcoin Doubling China FX Outflows Soar As Beijing Prepares For Next Currency Devaluation, Priming Next Bitcoin Doubling Back in October 2023, when we pointed out that China’s FX outflows had just hit a whopping $75BN – the single biggest monthly outflow since …

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Our Birth Dearth Is Becoming Our Death Knell Our Birth Dearth Is Becoming Our Death Knell Authored by Timothy Geoglein via The Epoch Times, One of our current cultural mantras is “you do you” – putting your personal desires over the greater good of others and society. In other words, living selfishly instead of selflessly. …

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Pope Francis' Great Blunder Pope Francis’ Great Blunder Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, One of the great tragedies of the Enlightenment and its aftermath was that Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular lost faith in their legitimacy and in the legitimacy of their mission. As a result, they surrendered that …

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Liberal Women Are Lonely And Unhappy According To Recent Polls Liberal Women Are Lonely And Unhappy According To Recent Polls The news must come as a shock to most, but it turns out that liberal women in the US are very unhappy.  A recently released poll from the American Family Survey held in 2024 shows …

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Could Trump Reverse Engineer ESG And Use It For Good Instead Of Evil? Could Trump Reverse Engineer ESG And Use It For Good Instead Of Evil? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us With the death of the woke movement well underway and most mainstream discussion focused on DEI, it might be prudent to remind people …

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How To Forge The Spectator Class How To Forge The Spectator Class Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute, My father could disassemble and rebuild a car engine in our garage. I, like many of my generation, was steered toward the ‘civilized’ path – white collar work, climate-controlled offices, and an increasing detachment from …

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VDH: How To Commit Democratic Party Suicide VDH: How To Commit Democratic Party Suicide Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, The Democratic Party is polling about 31 percent approval, a near-historic low. Despite enjoying a huge lead in fundraising, legacy media favoritism, and incumbency, in the 2024 election, Democrats lost the White House to Donald Trump. …

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