Amid growing criticism of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment practices, BlackRock has announced that it will offer retail investors in its largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) the opportunity to participate in its “Voting Choice” program. Open to institutional clients since January 2022, this program allows investors to choose from a limited set of options to guide… Continue reading BlackRock and Its ESG ‘Voting Choice’ Ruse
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Radicals vs. Atlanta: The Global Left’s Violent Rage Over a Police Academy Meant to Prevent Killings
By Lee Fang, RealClearInvestigations, leefang.comAugust 3, 2023 Throughout the United States, it takes three times as many hours of training to become a nail technician, a barber, or a plumber as it does to become a police officer. Finland, Australia, Denmark, and Germany – countries with far less crime and a fraction of American gun… Continue reading Radicals vs. Atlanta: The Global Left’s Violent Rage Over a Police Academy Meant to Prevent Killings
It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
On student loan debt, President Joe Biden is ignoring Congress and acting outside the rule of law. The Supreme Court struck down Biden’s student-debt forgiveness initiative in June, but another Biden plan – with a reimagined design – is in the works. Millions of Americans with student loans will be able to enroll in a… Continue reading It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
Deception by Redaction: More FBI FISA Abuses, This Time Using Fake News in the Washington Post
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigationsAugust 1, 2023 The FBI’s efforts to mislead a federal court in order to wiretap an adviser to the Trump campaign were more extensive than previously reported, according to classified documents described to RealClearInvestigations. John Durham, special counsel: The FISA abuse that got away. AP The embattled bureau tried to hide its… Continue reading Deception by Redaction: More FBI FISA Abuses, This Time Using Fake News in the Washington Post
Conservatives Fight Secretive Biden Voting Order as ‘Bidenbucks’ — Federal ‘Zuckbucks’ on Steroids
“I’m tired of being quiet!” Biden said in Atlanta in January 2022, pounding the podium impatiently pushing “voting rights.” But his administration is largely silent on how his executive order on voting is being implemented. And critics think it’s illegal. By Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigationsJuly 26, 2023 GOP lawmakers and other conservative critics are working to… Continue reading Conservatives Fight Secretive Biden Voting Order as ‘Bidenbucks’ — Federal ‘Zuckbucks’ on Steroids
Take it from a Coach: the GOP Can Win by Hitting Singles
After the Republican bloodbath that was the 2022 midterm election, there was no shortage of reactions. “We have to ballot-harvest, too.” “We have to stop the stealing.” “Only Trump can save us.” “We have to move away from Trump.” “We have to reposition on abortion.” “We have to kick out the RINOs.” “We have to… Continue reading Take it from a Coach: the GOP Can Win by Hitting Singles
The National Education Association Is an Enemy of Teachers and Families
Since a majority of students in most American school districts can’t read or perform math equations at grade level, you might think the nation’s largest teachers’ union would spend at least part of its annual national convention pushing solutions to this sad state of affairs. Nope. The National Education Association did push a proposal… Continue reading The National Education Association Is an Enemy of Teachers and Families
What’s Behind Jerome Powell’s Woke Turn? Bidenomics.
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.
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?