Gary Isbell 
The Kremlin’s propaganda campaign likes to portray the Russia of President Vladimir Putin as a pro-family oasis amid a decadent liberal world. However, when one crunches the numbers, the situation in Russia is every bit as bad as the world as a whole. Russia faces an impending demographic winter threatening the stability … Read more
Middle-class households feel the pinch of rising costs associated with environmental regulations that impose additional taxes and stringent penalties for not towing the “green line.” In Paris, for instance, if a building is old and fails an energy efficiency assessment, it can result in substantial financial burdens. Owners of thermally inefficient homes … Read more
Past generations have been named with letters such as X-Generation and Gen-Z. The latest generation has already been labeled Alpha. Perhaps the one after that should take the name Generation Zero. The reason will be the lack of babies to make a generation. A demographic winter approaches. Birth control and abortion have … Read more
Nederland, Colorado, is a small town about 15 miles west of Boulder. In 2021, an environmental group called Save the World’s Rivers (SWR) encouraged local authorities to pass a “Rights of Nature Resolution.” This resolution granted “fundamental and inalienable rights” to inanimate natural objects. Fantasy Overrides Real Human Needs In this case, … Read more
In a compelling alert highlighting the threat posed by state-sponsored Chinese hackers of America’s critical infrastructure, FBI Director Christopher Wray has issued a stark warning. At a security conference in Nashville, he cautioned that China is strategically positioned to disrupt the American grid and is awaiting the opportune moment. Speaking at Vanderbilt … Read more
Since China has problems producing cutting-edge technology, it must find other means. One resource is contracting American universities to do research and development, which then allows it to compete with the U.S. in the marketplace. This aggressive tactic has not endeared the Chinese to American politicians or businessmen. Such work with universities … Read more
People often believe that if something is legal, it is safe. This is an utterly fallacious assumption. Contaminated marijuana, laced with arsenic, lead or mold, is causing severe, potentially life-threatening illness nationwide as the legal use of cannabis products skyrockets. To ensure the common good, thorough study and analysis are crucial before … Read more
In the early seventies, Cuba and Taiwan shared similar economic conditions that should have made them prosperous nations. However, the two islands took opposite paths. As a free nation today, Taiwan’s GDP is eight times that of communist Cuba. Contrast Cuba with Taiwan The similarities are striking. Both islands are close to … Read more
China’s rapid demographic decline is fast becoming a severe population crisis. This unexpected shift can be traced back to misjudgments made over 40 years ago. Deng Xiaoping’s implementation of a controversial population control policy in 1979 was considered one of history’s most significant and disastrous social experiments. In response to China’s growing … Read more
As Fred Schwarz, author of You Can Trust the Communists (to Be Communists), affirmed, communists can be trusted to be communists, inveterate liars and deceivers, but not to be trusted otherwise. This begs the question as to why anyone would buy any security-sensitive equipment from Chinese communists. The recent arrival of ship-to-shore … Read more