There is no option to erase the past and start anew; what we imagine we were will determine, in part, what we e, and a transformative grace applied to our past will secure a brighter future. Read More… Monuments have been created for thousands of years. The word monument itself finds its Greek etymological roots inMnemosyne, the name of the ancient goddess of memory and mother of the nine muses. It is from memory that human culture itself arises and...

The use of digital technology to market goods and services does more than just appeal to our tastes; it can also distort our perceptions and dislodge us mon ground. Read More… In a market petition plays a crucial role. The capacity of both producers and consumers to outbid one another in selling and securing products allows for the optimal allocation of resources according to relative demand and supply. One aspect petition that has e more sophisticated over time is marketing....

Sue-Lin Wong will no longer be able to cover news on China for The Economist in a move perceived to be one more crackdown on freedom of the press in Hong Kong. Read More… Hong Kong authorities denied a foreign journalist for The Economist renewal of her visa without any explanation, the magazine reported. Sue-Lin Wong, an Australian citizen, was a reporter based in Hong Kong but is no longer able to continue her work covering news on China and...

In what is sure to make headlines worldwide, former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai and seven others are being tried for participating in a Tiananmen Square Massacre vigil last year, now banned under the extremist National Security Law. Read More… The trial of outspoken media tycoon and longtime Acton friend Jimmy Lai, along with seven other influential pro-democracy activists, began Nov. 1 in a Hong Kong court. The group is being tried for participating in an unauthorized Tiananmen Square Massacre vigil...

It remains unclear whom the neo-integralists and post-liberals are debating with, since there’s mon ground between the different camps than anyone would admit. The issue is specifics: What do they really want? Read More… On Twitter and in essays at The American Conservative, Sohrab Ahmari has argued that the debates about liberalism, post-liberalism, and integralism are “exhausted,” and that what he calls “political Catholics” are taking “these battles in other, more concrete dimensions.” In his most recent essay, coauthored by...

It’s easy to worry over China’s increasing bellicosity and economic strength, but its demographic woes, regional challengers, and declining productivity provide new opportunities for the West and its allies. Read More… The recent announcement that China had tested something akin to a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, which is launched into space and then orbits the globe before discharging a missile at its target, underscored yet again that America and its allies have serious grounds to be worried about China. Whether...

Cheung Kim-hung, former CEO of the pany founded by pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, must continue to sit in jail as he awaits his Dec. 28 court date, accused of violating the broad and oppressive National Security Law imposed by Beijing. Read More… After enduring five months in prison awaiting trial on conspiracy charges under Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL), Cheung Kim-hung, former CEO of Next Digital pany, was denied bail by the city’s high court. The presiding judge, D’Almada...

In the age of COVID lockdowns and anti-religious-conscience legislation, the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty is determined to change hearts and minds—and laws. Read More… If there’s something Lutherans are known for other than great hymnody and potluck dinners, it’s keeping their heads down. Lutherans typically are a staid bunch, not big on “revivals” or drum kits in the sanctuary. And they haven’t exactly produced many celebrity preachers (to their everlasting glory). They’re also not known for taking prominent, which...

Smart economics, Western goodies, and cruel politics have helped Beijing avoid a Soviet-style collapse—for now. Read More… The collapse of the Soviet Union 74 years after the Bolshevik revolution was supposed to herald the end munism. Yet the People’s Republic of China lives on, 72 years after Mao Zedong famously proclaimed the founding of the PRC in Beijing. That regime is on course to outlast the USSR. Why did one collapse and the other survive, even thrive? It isn’t because...

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve dazzles audiences and critics alike with genre films where you wouldn’t expect to find much love. What is his secret? Read More… Beauty has the power to spellbind everyone—the proof is Canadian director Denis Villeneuve. His last three movies, Dune (2021), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and Arrival (2016), have earned him a reputation as a visionary and a sensitive director, despite science fiction as his genre, which normally is considered either too sophisticated for the broad audience...