The Economics Of Santa Claus Authored by Vincent Cook via The Mises Institute, When I was a junior at a high school in the suburbs of Los Angeles in late 1978, rather uncharacteristically, I took a big risk. The teacher of my American Government class, Mr. Knapp, gave us an assignment to write a serious paper about government economic policy. Instead of doing that, I decided to submit a paper with a satirical theme, estimating what […]

If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive The American Police State? Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rurtherford Institute, “When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal the broken, to feed the hungry, to release the prisoner, to rebuild the […]

Another Bombing On Moscow Streets Kills 3, Including Two Police Officers The plot has thickened, becoming even more alarming and stranger, connected to a top Russian commander’s assassination in Moscow. Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car bombing on Monday. But on Wednesday, there’s been yet another bomb blast under mysterious circumstances, with Russian authorities confirming the deaths of three more people, including two […]

Largest Acquisition In Nvidia History: Jensen Pays $20BN For AI Chip Startup In Bid For Google’s TPU Tech Just before the market close on Friday, Nvidia unveiled its largest ever acquisition (which however was structured as a licensing deal to avoid anti-trust concerns) when it agreed to buy Groq – pardon license all of Grok’s assets and acquire its entire executive team – a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence […]

American Holiday Essentials While every family celebrates the holiday season a little differently, each with its own sets of customs and traditions, there are things that most celebrants can agree on, things that are considered essential for a merry Christmas. As Statista’s Felix Richter reports, according to Statista Consumer Insights, a Christmas tree in the house tops the list of holiday must-haves this year, with 57 percent of […]

Trump Admin Bans Anti-Free Speech EU Globalists From Entering US America finally draws a line in the sand against foreign meddlers… Modernity.news Steve Watson details below that the Trump administration has slapped visa bans on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other ‘anti-disinformation’ activists, accusing them of coercing American social media companies to censor viewpoints they dislike. The move signals a […]

The Piercing Cold Of Christmas Authored by Andrew Fowler via RealClearReligion, Christmas evokes a warmth during the winter: bright lights, roaring fires, and good cheer with loved ones. However, as St. Andrew’s Novena distinctly emphasizes, the “piercing cold” conditions of the first Christmas starkly contrast with the holiday season’s comforts, beckoning us to not only recognize Christ’s humility, but to care for the […]

Watch: Pro-Natalist’s Head Explodes After Lefty Journo Denies Basic Science A hilarious clip is currently going viral in which far-left journalist Paola Ramos (daughter of Trump foe and Univision reporter Jorge Ramos) attempts a “gotcha” during an interview with Simone and Malcolm Collins – Silicon Valley investors-turned Pennsylvania pronatalists, who the left, of course, has been trying to cancel.  In her attempt to paint the […]

US Or China? The Nation That Wins The Nuclear Fusion Race Wins Global Primacy Authored by Lawrence Kadish via The Gatestone Institute, There continues to be a debate among global geopolitical analysts regarding whether the United States and China are engaged in a Cold War or a competition for global dominance. The answer is irrelevant. By anyone’s observation, China seeks to dominate the 21st century, and they will do so by “any […]

Toyota Will Export American-Made Vehicles To Japan Next Year To Please The Trump Administration Toyota said it will start selling three U.S.-built models in Japan in 2026 — the Camry, Highlander, and Tundra — produced in Kentucky, Indiana, and Texas. The move is widely seen as part of Toyota’s effort to ease tensions with President Donald Trump over U.S. tariffs on Japanese vehicles and parts, according to Yahoo Finance. […]

Work, Welfare, & The Illusion Of A New Eden Authored by Richard Porter via RealClearPolitics.com, The scandal among the Somali community in Minnesota highlights a question to consider as we plunge deeper into the AI Age, an age in which some futurists, such as Elon Musk, suggest work will be optional: What’s the point of working? In the beginning, there was no work: God’s punishment for Adam’s disobedience was tossing […]

“Boosters On. Wings Out!”: AST SpaceMobile Launches Biggest Satellite Yet To Take On Starlink AST SpaceMobile launched its largest-ever satellite, BlueBird 6, from India earlier on Wednesday, marking the company’s first satellite deployment in its low-Earth-orbit (LEO) constellation. This constellation is designed to provide direct-to-smartphone connectivity and compete with SpaceX’s Starlink. The launch comes as the LEO industry is […]

Canada Is Building The Wrong Army For The War That Is Coming Authored by Andrew Latham via RealClearDefense, The next major land war will not reward elegance, boutique modernization, or the comforting belief that advanced technology can replace mass and endurance. It will expose armies built on fragile assumptions. Concealment has largely disappeared. Attrition has returned as a central fact of combat. Sustainment shapes outcomes […]

Russia Captures Another Ukrainian Town While Zelensky Still Insists On Altering Trump Peace Plan Russian forces continue their steady battlefield gains this week, but Kiev is still seeking to grasp at establishing some sort of leverage at the negotiating table, as the Trump peace plan is still being pushed in back-and-forth US dialogue with Moscow representatives.  Over the past some 24 hours, Russian troops have captured the […]

How The Soviets Replaced Christmas With A Socialist Winter Holiday Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Leftist revolutionaries have long been in the habit of reworking the calendar so as to make it easier to force the population into new habits and new ways of life better suited to the revolutionaries themselves. The French revolutionaries famously abolished the usual calendar, replacing it with a ten-day week […]

Naval Reactors For AI Data Centers Commerce Scretary Lutnick appeared on Fox News, discussing new energy for data centers. As we have noted previously, energy prices continue to spike near data center facilities across the US. Lutnick claimed data centers are going to provide additional power generation and capacity to the grid along with the construction of their facilities to lower the energy prices, but so far this has not been […]

“Stupid In America” Turns 20 Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, In January 2006, ABC’s John Stossel’s brutally honest documentary, “Stupid in America,” first aired. At the time, he referred to it as “a nasty title for a program about public education, but some nasty things are going on in America’s public schools, and it’s about time we face up to it.” Stossel exposed the ineffectiveness of many […]

Land Of Confusion: The Great Reset In Motion Authored by Colin Todhunter via Off-Guardian.org, The global disruptions we have seen in recent years are frequently presented as a chaotic sequence of events: a ‘pandemic’, inflation, energy shortages and war. Little wonder that most people are confused. However, a structural analysis reveals a more deliberate controlled demolition of the 20th-century social contract. We are […]

“Clean Up Your Act”: Nearly 100 Minnesota Mayors Speak Out Against ‘Fraud, Unchecked Spending’ Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Almost 100 Minnesota mayors banded together to tell Gov. Tim Walz and state lawmakers that they object to citizens suffering from higher taxes and reduced services—problems they blame on state spending and rampant government program fraud. The Minnesota capitol building in […]

Intel Slides After Nvidia Halts Tests Of 18A Tech, White House Signals Chip Giant Not “Too Strategic To Fail” After President Donald Trump publicly attacked Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan in August, writing, “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Intel rushed to arrange a White House meeting that became a turning point for the struggling chipmaker which was on the verge of failure, Reuters wrote in a new […]

Federal Judge Bars Trump Admin’s Funding Cuts To Sanctuary States Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to divert Homeland Security funding from states that fail to assist with certain federal immigration efforts. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 13, 2025. Justin Hamel/AFP via […]

Strong 7Y Treasury Sale Sends Yields To Session Low In Final 2025 Auction After two poor, disappointing coupon auctions earlier this week, when global yields were surging thanks to the circus that is Japan, we have come to the final note auction of the year, and yes… this one was not quite as bad.  The sale of $44BN in 7Y notes priced at a high yield of 3.930%, up from 3.781% in November and the highest since July. That said, […]

Federal Judge Upholds New York’s Driver’s Licenses For Illegals Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the Trump administration’s challenge to New York’s Green Light Law, upholding the state’s issuance of driver’s licenses to individuals without requiring proof of legal U.S. residency. People line up at the New York State DMV in New York City on April 28, 2025. […]

Holding Pattern: Coast Guard Awaits Special Forces Unit To Execute Venezuela-Linked Tanker Seizure Update (1120ET): U.S. Coast Guard forces remain in a holding pattern this week, awaiting the arrival of specialized teams to assist in the interdiction and seizure of the Venezuela-linked oil tanker Bella 1. Reuters reports that the Coast Guard is awaiting one of two specialist units, known as Maritime Security Response Teams […]

Tennessee Judge Postpones Abrego Garcia Trial Amid Claims Of Vindictive Prosecution Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, A federal judge in Tennessee overseeing the criminal case involving El Salvador national and long-time Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia has canceled a trial date for the human smuggling case, pending a decision on whether to dismiss the case entirely over the defendant’s allegations of vindictive […]