EconomyCommentary
With the COVID-19 recession causing high unemployment around the country, now is the time for policymakers to lift barriers to earning an income. With limited… Read More
EconomyCommentary
You know there’s something wrong if companies can’t do the right thing without potentially destroying their entire business model. In fact, many of the ways… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress in 2008 passed the Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit to make electric vehicles more affordable, thereby encouraging their use. Yet, a 2019… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
A cybersecurity battle is raging. In recent weeks, Chinese hackers stole, or attempted to steal, terabytes of data from the U.S. government, businesses, and private… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Social distancing and shutdown policies related to the coronavirus pandemic have important effects in slowing the spread of the virus. Ensuring that our health system… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Among other things, 2020 has been marked by a major revival of the Space Age, almost a Space Age 2.0. Unlike the first Space Age, which… Read More
SocietyCommentary
July 20 marks Space Exploration Day, conveniently just 10 days before NASA is scheduled to launch its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to the surface of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has confirmed the critical value of e-commerce—and more broadly, digital trade. The outbreak has significantly constrained people’s physical contact and movement… Read More
SecurityNews
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the Trump administration is strongly considering banning TikTok and other Chinese apps. “We are taking this very… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Two hundred sixty thousand. That is the estimated number of users of “Nth rooms.” Nth rooms are chat rooms that illegally produce and sell sexually… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on social media Thursday. Klon Kitchen, director of the Center for Technology Policy at The Heritage Foundation,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s been a bad few days for the Communist Party-led government in Beijing in its efforts to gain economic and strategic influence in the United… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Fact-checking sounds innocuous enough. After all, as the late Senate Democrat Patrick Moynihan reportedly once said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It used to be that starting a small business was seen as the way up to wealth, or at least middle-class respectability. Nearly half (49.7%)… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Facebook recently announced the first 20 members of its new oversight board. The role of the board is to guide Facebook through decisions on what… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Who gets to determine what’s “misinformation” and what’s not? As social media companies, under pressure, move in a direction of imposing stricter rules about permissible… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As though things weren’t bad enough, now we learn that hackers are using the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis to attack individuals and organizations. The FBI has… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Only in Washington would it make sense to “help” an industry and its consumers by imposing a new regulation. The House of Representatives’ coronavirus relief… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The spread of the Chinese coronavirus will strain America’s health care system to the breaking point. Primary care physicians already are overbooked, medical products are… Read More
SecurityNews
China wants to use artificial intelligence and 5G technology to “control the world” and undermine human rights, a Heritage Foundation national security analyst said Friday… Read More
SocietyNews
The Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, which temporarily banned a U.S. pro-life organization, is becoming a major conversation hub in the abortion debate. Many young… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Beijing wants to become the global leader in a variety of advanced technologies. To get there, government entities have been investing more than $100 billion in China’s domestic semiconductor industry. Beijing… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In just a few days, the Trump administration could impose new tariffs on automobile and auto parts imports. The administration has erroneously claimed that tariffs… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“See, if you want to cut off a leg or an arm, you’re mentally ill, but if you want to cut off healthy breasts or… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In a divided Washington, hating Facebook has brought the left and right together. It’s a dangerous collaboration. But when you take a closer look at… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Russia has drawn a lot of criticism for its heavy-handed manipulation of U.S. social media, and deservedly so. But almost unnoticed, another nation has been… Read More
EconomyNews
Facebook announced Monday an effort to “protect the 2020 U.S. elections” by clearly marking fake news posts, offering protections to politicians’ accounts and offering more… Read More
EconomyNews
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced recently on Twitter the “need” for a federal investigation into the popular Russia-based image-editing technology for smartphones called “FaceApp.”… Read More
SocietyCommentary
As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing, I am not sure that today’s generation quite understands just how exciting this was… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Let us pause to celebrate the 50th anniversary this Saturday of a mission once thought impossible: the landing of a man on the moon. Let… Read More
