Shoppers have long been told of the advantages of self-checkout. It is supposed to help them avoid lines and make purchasing faster and more convenient. For decades, retailers have installed scanning machines everywhere to get everyone on board with automation. Now, retailers are feeling the backlash of consumers who have had enough of serving themselves. … Read more
On November 28, 2023, Henry Kissinger died at 100. The former secretary of state advised ten presidents and participated in countless international forums. Until the end, he visited with foreign statesmen and wrote op-eds in major media. Few were the honors he did not receive. All doors were open to him. His death signals more … Read more
Perhaps no industry is more inherently prone to gigantism than energy production. Locating the raw materials, be they coal, oil or natural gas, is speculative and expensive. Refining and transporting those raw materials makes them even more costly. Turning them into electric power requires massive boilers and other machinery. Then, distributing this energy to a … Read more
The long battle over procured abortion has been a constant psywar. The media have done their best to create a hostile climate around those defending life while seeking to give the impression that everyone supports abortion. Pro-lifers have fought back tooth and nail by presenting a vibrant, compassionate movement that contradicts this negative image. As … Read more
Despite efforts to adjust to the theological rollercoaster of the Francis papacy, the American clergy finds itself the frequent target of his offensive remarks. A new study on priests and seminarians in America gives some insight into the reasons behind the attacks. The liberal Pope Francis has called upon Catholics to embrace controversial positions on … Read more
We tend to take private property for granted and only realize its importance when it is threatened. The gradual process of taking property away is the subject of an intriguing book titled You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back by Carol Roth. The author unmasked … Read more
In the summer of 2021, vast numbers of Cuban citizens rose in protest against the nation’s communist regime. They hoped that international public opinion would take notice of their loud cries for freedom and deliver them to help remove the yoke of communist slavery. Sadly, those hopes and protests fell upon deaf ears. Protesting in … Read more
Anxiety levels have increased drastically in recent times. Recent surveys indicate that 27 percent of respondents displayed anxiety disorder symptoms, up from eight percent reported in 2019. Youth are especially affected by this disorder. Sufferers experience nervousness, an impending sense of danger or panic, rapid heart rates, quickened breathing, perspiration and lack of focus. Reports … Read more
The world of Catholic “Integralism” must be a terrifying place to live. It represents a coercive state indirectly subordinate to the Church that restricts the freedom of its citizens. Hence, it is doomed to fail. Such might be the dire conclusions of Kevin Vallier’s All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to … Read more
The recent death of Indi Gregory from mitochondrial disease did not make world headlines, but it should have. On November 13, the eight-month-old child passed away in her mother’s arms in a British hospice. Doubtless, the cause of death listed on the certificate was the disease. However, a complicating factor was the intransigence of the … Read more
