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China’s Coronavirus Conspiracy Machine

What is the number one thing that a communist regime must do? Lie. For the officials in China, this is a near daily operation. Whether it’s in their economic statistics, reports measuring the health of their environment, or the extent to which a pandemic has affected the nation, you can count on the Chinese government…

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OPINION: Coronavirus vs. Populism in America

As the coronavirus continues to make its way across every continent (minus Antarctica), we have seen governments all over the world undertake preventative measures unheard of in modern history to control its spread.  Chinese authorities have locked down cities, constructed new hospitals, detained individuals suspected of being infected, and have even deployed robotic disinfectant sprayers…

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Have the Democrats Learned Their Lesson?

After Joe Biden’s surprise blowout victory in the South Carolina Democratic Primary, the ensuing momentum carried him on to yet another incredible performance on Super Tuesday, putting his delegate count slightly above Sanders. And as Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Bloomberg all dropped out and rallied around the former vice president, Biden had developed a solid coalition…

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Opinion: The Authoritarian Socialism of Bernie Sanders

Much has been written on Bernie Sanders and his identification with outright socialism back during his heydays in the latter half of the 20th century; from his honeymooning in the Soviet Union, to his praising of breadlines and the Cuban regime, to the utter laziness he displayed while living in his hippie commune. Today, he…

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Who Has the Upper Hand in Impeachment?

On October 31 st , Nancy Pelosi moved forward with a formal impeachment inquiry, adding a layer of formality to the so-called “soviet-style” impeachment inquiry. However, rather than analyzing the institution of impeachment on legal grounds, as many lawyers are wont to do, impeachment should, as is intended, be analyzed on political grounds. As Alexander…

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Why Does Trump’s Base Still Support Tariffs?

The data is in. The Trump Tariffs have been highly deleterious to the American economy. Our farmers have had to be rescued with $28 billion in taxpayer aid. Business investment has slowed down to a crawl despite the incentive of the 2017 tax cuts. U.S. manufacturing has also seen a slow down since the middle…

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Spotting the Populist Demagoguery in the Democratic Debate

At this point in the Democratic primaries (and American politics in general), populist rhetoric and demagoguery is the mainstream. As many academics and pundits have proclaimed, we are in a ‘populist moment’. Populist moments have certainly ebbed and flowed since before the American founding, but after the 2008 financial crash, the rhetoric has been ramping…