Families and free market economies: On the surface, they seem unrelated. We associate family with game nights, holiday traditions, and cute baby photos, while the economy is associated with the stock market, cold-hearted businessmen, and bloated corporations. Continue Reading...
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August 21, 2021
Afghanistan I fought for lacks foundation for freedom
I deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Eleven years later, I watched the Taliban devastate all the progress we fought for.
Afghanistan’s chaos and the Taliban’s return to power is heartbreaking and maddening. Continue Reading...
August 20, 2021
Welcoming the stranger: The dignity and promise of Afghan refugees
The Taliban has rapidly retaken Afghanistan, just weeks before the final withdrawal of U.S. troops. With the country bracing for another wave of oppression, thousands of Afghans have fled to the airport in Kabul, hoping to escape the return of sectarian violence and tyrannical rule. Continue Reading...
August 20, 2021
Hong Kong activists accuse Jimmy Lai of pushing sanctions against China as part of plea deal with Chinese Communist Party
Two convicted Hong Kong activists Aug. 20 pinned jailed media tycoon Jimmy and his former top aide Mark Simon as the “masterminds” in a push for foreign countries to sanction China. Continue Reading...
August 19, 2021
Hong Kong group behind large pro-democracy protests disbands
The Civil Human Rights Front, or CHRF, a prominent civil rights group that has commonly supported and organized some of Hong Kong’s most notable pro-democracy protests, has disbanded under increasing restrictions in Hong Kong’s wide-sweeping National Security Law, or NSL. Continue Reading...
August 17, 2021
Apple Daily chief editor denied bail for the second time under National Security Law
Former Chief Editor of Apple Daily, Ryan Law Wai-kwong was denied bail Aug. 13 for a second time by a Hong Kong court under China’s National Security Law, or NSL, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. Continue Reading...
August 17, 2021
In Afghanistan, our war with truth concludes
The situation in Afghanistan deteriorated even further over the weekend, as the Taliban, driven from power twenty years ago, overtook the capital city of Kabul.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has now fled to Uzbekistan, claiming he wishes to avoid more bloodshed. Continue Reading...
August 16, 2021
America’s meat industry needs more freedom, less federal control
In the early 17th century, Calvinist philosopher Johannes Althusius put a distinctly Christian spin on earlier concepts of political subsidiarity. Althusius visualized civil bodies as not parts of a whole, but critical and complete entities in themselves. Continue Reading...
August 12, 2021
Ford Foundation’s aim to ‘change philanthropy’ warps the true meaning of ‘justice’ and ‘generosity’
The Ford Foundation gives over $500 million dollars annually, mostly in grants, to nonprofit organizations around the world. Foundation President Darren Walker came from humble beginnings in rural Texas and now oversees the Foundation’s $15 billion endowment. Continue Reading...
August 12, 2021
Biden defers some Hong Kong deportations, acknowledging human rights crisis under Communist Chinese rule
Hong Kong, once a haven for those seeking to escape the Chinese Communist Party’s iron fist, has seen a rapid deterioration of freedom in recent months. Media and business mogul Jimmy Lai’s arrest and the breakup of his pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the CCP’s forceful decimation of free speech and silencing dissent. Continue Reading...