In February 2021, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress, “We are not climate policymakers here who can decide the way climate change will be addressed by the United States. We’re a regulatory agency that regulates a part of the economy.” When Powell said that, less than a month into the Biden administration, inflation was… Continue reading What’s Behind Jerome Powell’s Woke Turn? Bidenomics.
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Woe, the Humanity: How AI Fits Into Broadly Rising Anti-Humanism
The future of humanity is becoming ever less human. The astounding capabilities of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence have triggered fears about the coming age of machines leaving little place for human creativity or employment. Even the architects of this brave new world are sounding the alarm. Sam Altman, chairman and CEO of… Continue reading Woe, the Humanity: How AI Fits Into Broadly Rising Anti-Humanism
Why Is PBS’s Frontline Circulating Election 2016 Conspiracy Theories?
Michael Bloomberg spent something north of $500 million on his 2020 presidential candidacy, only for the multi-billionaire to quickly drop out $500 million poorer. Bloomberg was hardly unique. He joined a long list of well-funded candidates whose war chests got them nowhere. Names like Phil Gramm, Jeb Bush, John Connally, and Tom Steyer similarly come… Continue reading Why Is PBS’s Frontline Circulating Election 2016 Conspiracy Theories?
After Affirmative Action Rulings, Americans Are Talking
In the words of President Joe Biden, the Supreme Court has “effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions.” Affirmative action is the practice, as the Court described, that took race into account when evaluating applicants, benefiting members of certain races at the expense of others. Some have praised the Court’s decision and some have denounced it, but… Continue reading After Affirmative Action Rulings, Americans Are Talking
The Emperor’s Tutor | RealClearBooks
The following is a condensed version of “The Emperor’s Tutor” by Ralph L. DeFalco III, published at Law & Liberty. In 1988, Wang Huning was a well-known political scientist and Professor of International Affairs at China’s Fudan University. That same year, Wang embarked on a trip that took him to the United States as a visiting… Continue reading The Emperor’s Tutor | RealClearBooks
Progressivism’s Rejection of Civil Rights
When it comes to protecting religious freedom in America, forget about the civil rights community. Just like President Biden, these groups have now surrendered to progressive ideologies, unwilling to defend anyone who disagrees with them – even if the opposition is grounded in sincerely held religious belief. A look at this past Supreme Court term… Continue reading Progressivism’s Rejection of Civil Rights
Why Are Republicans Greenhorns at Rounding Up Them Absentee Votes?
COSTA MESA, Calif.—“I can’t begin to understand what ballot harvesting is,” Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the former Republican House Speaker, said in an interview in the wake of a 2018 political upset in Orange County, California. Democrats had swept the congressional seats in one of California’s few Republican strongholds, largely due to a well-executed… Continue reading Why Are Republicans Greenhorns at Rounding Up Them Absentee Votes?
After Supreme Court Ruling, Reparations Fight Lives On as ‘Not Race-Based’
A California Reparations Task Force hearing in Oakland last year. AP Task force members repeatedly stated that their damning historical analysis of American racism, and their proposed remedies, are intended to serve as a blueprint for the entire nation to adopt in atonement for what they see as the original sin of slavery and its… Continue reading After Supreme Court Ruling, Reparations Fight Lives On as ‘Not Race-Based’
Caution Is Needed on Drug Touted as Opioid Game-Changer
The Biden administration’s much-heralded effort to promote distribution of buprenorphine may not be a game changer in our battle to subdue the opioid crisis. This new campaign resembles yet another social experiment in our national clash with addiction, especially when coupled with so-called harm reduction policies that promote drug abuse. Buprenorphine is a narcotic drug… Continue reading Caution Is Needed on Drug Touted as Opioid Game-Changer
Laid Low by the COVID Vaccine, Now They’ve Got a Bad Case of Federal Unresponsiveness
“You’re not even hearing anything from the organization that’s supposed be helping you,” says Adele Fox, above, a COVID vaccine sufferer who’s struggling to return to her normal life. “The phone keeps ringing, no one is emailing, nobody is doing anything.” By Christian Britschgi, RealClearInvestigationsJune 28, 2023 In April 2021, Adele Fox received a… Continue reading Laid Low by the COVID Vaccine, Now They’ve Got a Bad Case of Federal Unresponsiveness