The decision by the Israeli government to make significant concessions to the Hamas kidnappers should never be called a “deal.” It was an extortion.
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Why Does The US Grow While the EU Slows?
What explains the curious lack of economic progress in the EU over the past 16 years? Adam Smith has the recipe.
How Billionaires Became an Endangered Species in Norway How Billionaires Became an Endangered Species in Norway
Ayn Rand’s story is fiction, of course. But what is happening in Norway is real. Wealthy entrepreneurs are abandoning the country because they are tired of being looted by parasitic politicians.
Intifada Was Globalized in Amsterdam
A clear line must be drawn between lawful, even if immoral, protests, and criminal violence. There is no continuum. It is a bright-line distinction that many in the media are deliberately trying to blur.
Trump Victory Could Promise Peace in the Middle East
The only sure path to peace in the Middle East is regime change in Iran and dismantling its terrorist proxies.
Sinwar Weaponized the Death of Gazan Civilians
This may be the first time in military history that leaders have admitted putting their own people in harm’s way to increase the casualty figures.
US and NATO at a Crossroads
The European portion of NATO is wealthy, populous, and already outspends Russia by significant and comfortable margins. It is hard to argue that the United States must continue to subsidize Europe’s security.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
Arrest of Telegram Creator Pavel Durov and The Global Assault Against Freedom of Speech
Pavel Durov, who in 2014 fled Russia after the Kremlin “tightened its grip over the Internet” — only to find himself a prisoner in the West a decade later.
Israel’s Preemptive Attack on Hezbollah Might Have Prevented a Wider War
The hard question now is whether Israel should engage in a preemptive attack on Iran’s imminent nuclear arsenal.
EU Poised To Confiscate Billions in U.S. Assets Using The Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA)
The potential DMA fines the EU can impose on the companies: up to 10 percent of their global revenue annually.
How Javier Milei’s Free-Market Policies Lifted Argentina Out of Recession
Milei delivered his “shock therapy” plan in the first few months of his presidency. Tens of thousands of state workers were cut as were more than half of government ministries, including the Ministry of Culture, as well as the Ministries of Labor, Social Development, Health, and Education (which Milei dubbed “the Ministry of Indoctrination”). Numerous government subsidies were eliminated, and the value of the peso was cut in half.
Estonia’s Lesson to Putin’s Statist Russia and the World
Estonia is an inconvenient neighbor for another reason. It’s an uncomfortable reminder to Russians of what could have been. Today, the typical Estonian earns nearly 40 percent more than the typical Russian.
Statism: How Latin America’s Wealthiest Country, Venezuela, Fell So Far
In 1970, Venezuelans were the wealthiest people in Latin America. With annual incomes comparable to those of the Finns and the Japanese, they earned two-and-a-half times what the typical Latin American earned. Their wealth bought them a longer life, lower infant mortality, and some measure of safety. Today, as the United Socialist Party’s Nicolás Maduro tries to steal another term as president, it is a different story.
America’s “Trade Deficit” With China
Just as there’s absolutely no reason for you to worry about the trade deficit that you have with your physician or your grocer, there’s absolutely no reason for us Americans to worry about the trade deficit that America has with China.
Ley Bases: Milei’s New Monetary Regime for Argentina
Argentina needs a monetary regime whose survival depends as little as possible on domestic politics.
Why No Arab or Muslim Nation Has Been Willing to Accept Palestinian Refugees from Gaza
The only reason that Ireland, Norway and Spain can safely recognize a Palestinian state is that they do not have to live with the consequences.
Why Does No Arab or Muslim Nation Accept Palestinian Refugees from Gaza?
The only reason that Ireland, Norway and Spain can safely recognize a Palestinian state is that they do not have to live with the consequences.
The Hong Konger: The Martyrdom of Jimmy Lai
In his quest to save Hong Kong’s rapidly fading freedom, however, Lai has sacrificed his own. The entrepreneur and media mogul currently sits in a Chinese prison, charged with “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” and “conspiracy to publish seditious publications.”
Biden Ends the US-Israel Alliance at a Fortuitous Moment
The Biden administration’s decision to abandon Jerusalem and side with its enemies is a terrible development. But the fortuitous timing allows Israel and the American people to minimize the damage in the coming months, and, if Biden is denied a second term, over the next four years.
What Does the Holocaust Have to Do with Me?
Instead of Swastikas, they are wearing Keffiyehs.
The Great Palestinian State Delusion
As long as Palestinians seek as their goal the extermination of the oasis of freedom in the Middle East, Israel, there can be no Palestinian state.
Incubators for Terrorism: US College Campuses
Protests for Gaza is merely an excuse for a much wider agenda: to destroy Israel and destroy America.
After Israel’s “Pearl Harbor,” Nothing Less than Victory
Despite being militarily superior, however, Israel chose not to defeat Hamas, but only to degrade its capabilities. Repeatedly. The October 7 war is in part a result of this tragic pattern.
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