Current Affairs

  We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force and number 4 in exports.  There’s absolutely no evidence to support the statement that America is the greatest country in the world. Demoralizing America: We lead the world in only three …

  Marxism with its cancel culture and social upheaval is now engulfing America, applying its rigorous hatred towards traditional values, tearing down the pillars of stability. The idea, as presented in Karl Marx’ and Friedrich Engels’ work The Communist Manifesto, is that the only solution to injustice between the classes is to instigate bloody revolutions and terror upon the population. …

In a time of upheaval and radically changing values in the West, it is important to reflect on the world view that shaped the West and historically created a strong civilization. The origins of traditional Western values are mainly found in the Greek, Roman and Judeo-Christian heritage. The radical Hebrew–Christian contribution to the concept of Western values differed from both …

  As we watch how intolerance, repression of diversity and totalitarianism is growing yet again in the West, the German philosopher, Hannah Arendt is worth revisiting. She is considered one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century and spent many years examining how it was possible for a modern, democratic state such as pre-World War II Germany, …

  Who could have predicted that 70 years after Orwell typed the final words to his dystopian novel, “He loved Big Brother,” we would fail to heed his warning and come to love Big Brother. “You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement …

  The main problem with the US economy is that globalism has been deconstructing it, offshoring jobs and wealth to a foreign nation – will China rule us? The offshoring of US jobs has reduced US manufacturing and industrial capability and associated innovation, research, development, supply chains, consumer purchasing power, and tax base of state and local governments. Corporations have …

  The West Has Lost Its Dominant Position: Veteran diplomat and philosophical provocateur Kishore Mahbubani in his new book asks a question that has crossed many minds of late: “Has the West lost it?” If “it” is the dominant position of Europeans and North Americans in the world, then yes. The rest of the world has caught up and are …

  The defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable? These are the questions central to the distinguished Singaporean academic and diplomat, Kishore Mahbubahi in his book Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy. “A seasoned Singaporean diplomat’s latest book …

  Hanne Nabintu Herland sees ‘destructive side effect’ of 16th century Reformation: The early division between Catholics and Protestants began in 1517, when Martin Luther (1483-1546) started a popular uprising, delivering the 95 theses in Wittenberg, Germany. Protestantism and Martin Luther: He criticized the Catholic clergy for placing a monetary price on forgiveness and the path to heaven. Luther’s point was …

  Historian and philosopher of science, Thomas S. Kuhn has showed how subjective much of the research at universities really is. The historical development of scientific theories illustrates how the dominant epistemology within the social sciences are built on Leftwing ideologies strongly influences the personal opinions of politically correct professors. Subjective research: The individual scientist is often much more influenced …