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Tue, October 15, 2019 | 13:01

Excessive competition ruins free market

As we live a life on earth, competition is inevitable. It is because resources are limited in supply while our want is unlimited. Nevertheless, the free market system is the best alternative for human beings to live a good life.

2019-10-14 18:25

Trump surrenders West's moral high ground

For the better part of a century, the United States could claim the moral high ground despite allegations of hypocrisy because its policies continuously contradicted its proclaimed propagation of democracy and human rights. Under President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. has lost that moral high ground.

2019-10-14 16:00

America's Argentina risk

There is a growing belief that the United States is heading for a recession, possibly before the 2020 presidential election. Current economic data and statistical trends indicate that many parts of the U.S. economy are apparently under strain. It is not evident to me, however, that a recession is around the corner. In fact, the real danger for America is more serious, and is ...

2019-10-13 16:55

The tiger hunters

Less than a century ago, tigers and leopards prowled the Korean peninsula and ruled the hours of darkness. Their depredations in the desolate regions were so severe that porters and horse-handlers refused to travel at night - even in fairly large groups. If they were compelled to travel at night (through the promises of more money or threats of violence), they did so with gre...

2019-10-12 12:09

Inside Macron's Russia initiative

French President Emmanuel Macron is one of those leaders who wants to bend the arc of history. Having upended French politics, he has secured positions for his preferred candidates at the head of the European Commission and the European Central Bank, and is now trying to improve Europe's relationship with Russia.

2019-10-11 15:54

Hungary helps persecuted Christian minorities

Sustained and increasing attacks on Christian minorities from the Middle East to West Africa are often tragically overlooked by the mainstream media, underscoring an aura of hypocrisy and double standards towards the free practice of religion. Yet, some are pushing back to this indifference and demanding that the systematic harassment and persecution of Christian minorities b...

2019-10-10 15:58

Can cyberwarfare be regulated?

Whether or not a conflict spirals out of control depends on the ability to understand and communicate about the scale of hostility. Unfortunately, when it comes to cyber conflict, there is no agreement on scale or how it relates to traditional military measures. What some regard as an agreed game or battle may not look the same to the other side.

2019-10-10 15:49

Hopeless in Iraq

Four months of mass protests in the streets of Hong Kong, and thousands of injuries and arrests - but only two gunshot wounds, both very recent and neither life-threatening. Five days of mass protests in the streets of Baghdad, and there are already a hundred dead, most by gunfire from the various “security” forces that work for the government. It's all the more deplorable be...

2019-10-09 16:52

James 'Mad Dog' Mattis' book offers plenty for China to think about

A book currently taking the reading American public as if by desert storm has a strange title and pairs an odd couple of authors: U.S. marines, now both retired. “Call Sign Chaos” is by James Mattis and his long-time colleague Bing West, and of the two, West must be the better writer because Mattis is the more famous.

2019-10-08 16:00

Energy, employment, and migration in Africa

Africans are increasingly unsettled. Since 2010, at least one million Sub-Saharan Africans have migrated to Europe, and the number migrating to the United States has also risen. These trends have spurred considerable political anxiety in destination countries. Yet efforts to address a major factor driving this exodus - the lack of employment opportunities in Africa - are fail...

2019-10-08 15:55

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