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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

America is Unprepared to Fight a War on Three Fronts

December 30, 2023/in Politics

America is unprepared to fight a war on three fronts; to win the wider war the west is facing will require a strong industrial base, military preparedness, and internal morale.

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Corporate interests, especially powerful monopolies can play a key role on the road to autocracy.

The Road to Autocracy

December 28, 2023/in Politics, The Economy

Today, democratic life is under threat – and there are three types of devastating ideologies that lead nations down the road to autocracy.

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The gloomy future facing trade unions is driven by technological changes, global sourcing, and changes in the nature of work.

The Gloomy Future Facing Trade Unions

December 23, 2023/in The Economy

Although a perceived resurgence of trade unions has cheered progressives, there is a gloomy future facing trade unions driven by the rise of part-time work, technological changes, the shift of jobs to “right to work” states, global sourcing and mass immigration.

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Biden's Democratic rivals don't poll any better than he does.

You Thought Biden Was Bad? Look at His Democratic Rivals

December 20, 2023/in Politics

Biden’s sinking poll numbers are creating a panic among Democratic Party insiders, but his Democratic rivals aren’t viable alternatives.

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A reckoning for leftist politics is underway as many recoil from the justification of criminal violence if committed by an oppressed identity group.

Multi-culti Reckoning

December 18, 2023/in Politics, Urban Affairs

The explosion of support for Hamas’s assault on human decency could well turn out to be the high-water mark of the progressive Left as many recoil from the justification of criminal violence if committed by an oppressed identity group.

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Voters are driving out progressives who have supported decriminalizing public drug use and similar policies

Across America’s Cities, Voters Are Driving Out Progressives

December 15, 2023/in Politics, Urban Affairs

Is sanity finally returning to America’s blue cities? The places that incubated inept policies such as “defund the police” and “sanctuary cities”, but welcomed open-air drug use, are beginning to […]

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Pro-Israel protestors carry Israel national flags

As Antisemitism Surges on the Left Jews are Pushed to the Right

December 15, 2023/in Politics, Religion

In the midst of the current Israel-Hamas war, Jews are under a siege from the left that, at very least, will change their social and political orientation.

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The COP28 session on "Responsible Yachting" is emblematic of the farce of international climate conferences.

The West Has Been the Real Loser at COP28

December 13, 2023/in Politics, The Economy

As the COP 28 climate conference in oil-rich United Arab Emirates comes to a merciful end, history is truly unfolding, as Marx once remarked, as farce.

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Climate conferences fail to address the cost of a green transition for ordinary citizens

The New Green Feudalism

December 11, 2023/in Politics, The Economy

It should be no surprise that those seeing stable jobs and affordable housing evaporate aren’t thrilled by the transition towards a new green feudalism.

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U.S. Border Patrol apprehending a large group of migrants.

Joe Biden Should Listen to Republicans on the Border Crisis

December 7, 2023/in Politics

Perhaps no issue has damaged the Biden presidency more than the massive incursions of undocumented migrants across the border.

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