Retail Bias in the Headlines
More people read the headline than read the story itself; it’s sometimes quite effective for a biased news source to write a relatively fair story if they can put their spin into the title.
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Free Speech, Free Trade, and the English-Speaking Worldview
Vice President Vance has informed British PM Keir Starmer that fixing Great Britain’s outrageous constraints on free speech will be a requirement to achieve a trade agreement between the U.S.A. and the U.K.
President Trump and the Fight to Save American Retail
If you think bringing American manufacturing jobs back is a steep climb, it’s nothing compared to one of the key efforts this year: saving America’s retail sector.
Manufacturing, Onshoring, and the Trouble with Timing
American manufacturing has been declining for half a century. It hasn’t disappeared, of course; manufacturing is still a big part of the American economy. But it’s not what it was, and that’s a problem.
The Reindustrialization of America – and Its Most Stubborn Opposition
President Trump’s campaign to bring back serious manufacturing – light, heavy and in-between – has never been popular with the Left. I wonder why.
Breaking the Chains: Why Trump Should Channel Teddy Roosevelt to Bust Modern Monopolies
If Donald Trump truly wants to cement his legacy as a defender of American greatness, he need look no further than the example set by Theodore Roosevelt.
I Feel So Sorry For the Poor Little Lambs Who Don’t Want to Return to the Office!
During the COVID-19 panicdemic — no, that’s not a typographical error, but is spelled exactly the way I see it — employees who could work from home were told to do so. As it happened, my younger daughter, an IT/communications professional, worked from our farm. Fortunately, I had already installed an outdoor electric receptacle on …
Capitalism can save newspapers
Publisher and columnist Adam Kelly is in the West Virginia journalism hall of fame despite being the most conservative man I ever met. He asked me once if I knew what the purpose of a newspaper is. His answer: To make money for its owner.
Businesses, CEOs and the America Premium
There seems to be a common belief that businesses take their operations overseas merely for the cheap labor and the Wild, Wild, West of unregulated factory production and no EPA constraints.
Tom Uryga: A Local View of the Kroger/Safeway Merger
Kroger Corp. is merging with Safeway/Albertsons, (which includes numerous other brands nationwide). The total merger represents 20% of the US grocery market.
I Know How to Save The Washington Post! Find a New Billionaire Owner Who Doesn’t Care If the Paper is Losing Money!
I know how to save The Washington Post! Just have Jeff Bezos, net worth $196 billion as of June 4, 2024, owner of the newspaper, give it to MacKenzie Scott, net worth $33.3 billion as of June 4, 2024, Mr Bezos’ ex-wife and a noted philanthropist who has no problem in giving away her money. …
A 40,000 Dow and a Reality Check
Has the Left ever been so excited? The Dow just touched 40,000! A new record!
But, But, But, It’s Just So Unfair!
You know who else doesn’t get paid as much as NBA players? National Hockey League players, because they just don’t have as sizable a fan base.
A Day in the Life of a Customer; Tired of Woke Companies
Leftist activists have browbeaten companies into inserting political points into business presentations, while distorting science and good sense.
Why is Trump So Misunderstood?
Trump’s politics are reality politics. He accepts things for what they are and proceeds. Democrats look at the world and politics through a fantasy prism.
Breaking the Chains of Monopoly: The Urgent Need for a Modern-Day Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt, a visionary leader and champion of reform, waged a relentless war against monopolies during his presidency.
Today’s Left See Landlords as Snidely Whiplash, Tying Sweet Nell to the Railroad Tracks
In November on 2017, the voters of the City of Brotherly Love voted in a self-proclaimed “progressive prosecutor,” a criminal defense attorney, Larry Krasner, whose campaign website proudly proclaims that: During his first term, he has supported victims, he has exonerated the innocent, and he has held police accountable. He has reduced future years of …
Get Woke, Go Broke: This is What Can Happen When Companies Start Getting Involved in Political Controversies
Everybody has heard the expression, ‘Get #woke, go broke.’ Some on the left thought that the backlash against Bud Light over the Dylan Mulvaney stunt would fade relatively quickly. In news which might call into question other corporations and their ‘celebration’ of homosexual ‘Pride Month,’ it looks like that hasn’t happened yet. From The Wall …
The Big AI Elephant In The Room
“It should come as no surprise with the maturity of image creation, the explosion of writing tools, and the massive rise of video and audio tools that are driving the growth of generative AI at such a rapid pace, the government and the public at large would start to consider who will directly and legally benefit from the outcome production of these new and developing technologies.” So why is no one talking about it?
Yet Another Great Tragedy in Philadelphia
No, this isn’t about homicides in the City of Brotherly Love, though Broad + Liberty has counted 40 as of this writing. No, this is about a horrible, awful, doubtlessly racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic tragedy that has gotten major play in the very #woke Philadelphia Inquirer! As Philly gathers in bars to watch the …