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from Asia Times
LEAST BIASED, HIGH; News & Media Website based in Hong Kong
Xi trumps Trump with just minor concessions
Trade war eases as US leader caves on everything, angering Congress with timid backpedal on Huawei.
Dalai Lama says sorry, but does it again
The Dalai Lama is "deeply sorry" for a sexist remark that he has already made four times.
Trade war eases as US leader caves on everything, angering Congress with timid backpedal on Huawei.
The Dalai Lama is "deeply sorry" for a sexist remark that he has already made four times.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
A higher minimum wage is sold as a way to help millions out of poverty. The reality is that it only benefits a small minority to the cost of everyone else.
What learnings can we derive from the British and American experience with the income tax? If someone from the 17th century came back to life, he or she would be surprised, most of all, by the means of transport and communication tools we use now. Probably, the most familiar things would be hospitals and schools. Personally, I think that there is something that would very surprise a person from those times even more: the fact that Governments take away individuals’ earnings compulsively. In fact, contrary to what many people think, income tax is a rather recent “invention,” created—in most cases—as an emergency tax to deal with extraordinary expenses, which later survived as a way to finance the growing fiscal deficits of Governments increasingly mismanaged, corrupt, and in debt.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Vladimir Putin boldly declared that “liberalism is obsolete.” Indeed, the Russian president claimed that liberal ideas have “come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population,” as opposed to boosting prosperity and human welfare. As the number of European populist parties swells, it appears more and more people are buying into the same anti-liberal sentiment spouted by Putin. But thankfully, for the more than seven billion people who call this planet home, liberalism continues to benefit and enrich humanity — not undermine it.
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
Love Makes No Sense is in many ways a panegyric to the oddity of Christian faith and practice. As the title suggests, it provides an introduction to Christian theology through an exploration of the theme of love. “The love of God is ludicrous,” writes Peter Groves in the book’s opening chapter. It is “irrational, unconditional, offensive even”. It is this love (which God is) that constitutes “the real absurdity of Christianity”
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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