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Secret Chinese ‘police stations’ to be Investigated around Britain

November 02, 2022

In an effort to prevent “transnational repression”, the British government will begin investigating reports of undeclared Chinese « police stations » that have been set up in England to harass political dissidents.
NY Supreme Court Reinstates Unvaccinated Employees, Orders Back Pay

October 26, 2022

The New York state Supreme Court has reinstated all employees who were fired for not being vaccinated, ordering back pay and saying their rights had been violated finding that "being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19."
Izumi and Wu: Politicized Education is leading to Lower Student Achievement

October 19, 2022

Lance Izumi & Wenyuan Wu writing for RealClearEducation.com analyze the recent reading scores from the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), that revealed the largest decline since the 1990s, highlighting that the politicization of education causes indoctrination and lower student achievement.
New Program Created by Carol M. Swain to Counteract the Inclusion Movement

October 19, 2022

Academic, political scientist, and legal scholar Carol M. Swain has created a new program to counteract the“billion-dollar inclusion industry” by encouraging organizational unity around shared values and mission, and a respect for an individual’s dignity in business or civil society.
G20 To Toughen Rules for Global Cryptocurrency Markets

October 10, 2022

According to the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global financial standard-setter, will propose a plan at the G20 meeting to be held in Washington, D.C., that would subject most of the cryptocurrency market to the same rules that govern traditional finance.
Fourth leak found on Nord Stream Pipelines

September 29, 2022

Following the discovery of ruptures in the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline’s earlier this week believed to be due to sabotage, Sweden's coastguard has discovered a fourth gas leak increasing the gas spilling into the Baltic Sea.
Corbly: The Troubling Rise of Surveillance Cities

September 21, 2022

Houston has put in place a new mandate that places business owners in the service of state functions by requiring certain businesses such as nightclubs, bars and convenience stores to provide police access to private surveillance footage.
Matthews in Morningstar: Sen. Toomey tells SEC chief that Supreme Court May Overrule New Climate Rules

September 20, 2022

Republicans on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, in particular, Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, challenged Securities and Exchange Chairman Gary Gensler's plan to implement new rules requiring public companies to report risks related to climate change and their own greenhouse gas emissions by predicting that the SEC would lose the battle before the Supreme Court.
Steven B. Smith: In Defense of Liberalism

September 14, 2022

Steven B. Smith writing for the Witherspoon Institute’s Journal, Public Discourse, summarizes in depth Francis Fukuyama’s book Liberalism and its Discontents, which presents a defense of Liberalism that despite its faults, it is still the best system for society.
Wooldridge: China's Surveillance State Goes West

September 13, 2022

Adrian Wooldridge writing for Bloomberg reports how the Chinese surveillance state is spreading westward, highlighting Wall street journal reporters Josh Chin and Liza Lin’s new book “Surveillance State: Inside China’s Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control,” which explores how the explosion of data harvesting and artificial intelligence is leading to tyranny.