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Documenting key piece of ‘Mohammunist Manifesto’
Milli Sands writes for the American Thinker about a common trait of communism and Islamism. Classical Islamic law treats leaving the faith as a capital offense with no statute of…
Government of China
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National Review highlights how China model ‘falters’
Editors at National Review Online scrutinize communist China’s economy. As sour as Americans are about the current economy, they should be profoundly grateful they don’t have China’s instead. Headlines can…
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Trump tariffs have ‘murky’ impact on American agricultural trade
Joseph Glauber offers a one-year progress report on President Trump’s tariffs on agricultural products. One year after Liberation Day, the trade outlook for US agriculture remains murky. By the end of…
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Trump Chinese chip decision labeled ‘ominous’
Editors at National Review Online explain their concerns about a recent Trump administration decision. On Monday, President Trump announced his latest deal that expands the federal government’s role in a…
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China’s influence grows in American universities
Jennifer Richmond writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a disturbing development in American higher education. President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement in August that he’ll allow 600,000 Chinese students to…
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Chinese group launches AI-based espionage attack
James Lynch writes for National Review Online about another sign of foul play emanating from communist China. A Chinese government-sponsored group attempted to carry out the first known espionage campaign…
Research Brief
Agriculture
How tariffs once again threaten North Carolina farmers
In 2018, American farmers were blindsided by a trade war they didn’t start that resulted in federal bailouts for farmers with a total price tag to taxpayers of $28 billion. That…
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Probing Public Concern Over Mysterious Drone Sightings
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online explores reaction to multiple unexplained drone sightings on the East Coast. I suspect a major reason that many people are concerned about these drone…
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Yellen Bows to the Chinese Communists
Editors at National Review Online take aim at a top Biden administration official’s latest interaction with communist Chinese leaders. It’s not often that Washington’s accommodation of Beijing’s wishes takes the…
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China’s Cities Pay Price for Government Overspending
Veronique de Rugy writes for National Review Online about a painful lesson for some Chinese residents. Many were impressed with how Chinese government officials spending enormous amounts of money on…
Research Brief
Energy
North Carolina’s CO2 Emissions Were Already Cut Nearly in Half Before the Carbon Plan
The belief that North Carolina’s electricity-based CO2 emissions are still going up is wrong; they’ve fallen by 46.1 percent since 2005. The belief that North Carolina could positively impact the…
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Biden’s Emergency Oil Reserve Promise Falls Flat
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon reports on a Biden administration policy failure. President Joe Biden promised to refill America’s emergency oil reserves at a low enough price to…