The public pressure placed on the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association is the latest in Hong Kong’s crackdown on freedoms of press and speech. Since the city’s implementation of the National Security Law, or NSL, in June 2020, the media industry has been continually critiqued and crippled by the city’s leaders. Read More… On Sept. 15, Hong Kong’s Secretary of Security, Chris Tang, called for the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association, the city’s main press group, to reveal to the public who...

An act’s immorality is not sufficient to justify prohibition or regulation through state coercion. A moral government aimed at mon good will recognize its basic purpose, scope, and limitations. Read More… Should governments legislate morality? It depends on how we define our terms. If “legislate morality” is simply defined as “making laws that are moral,” then it is obvious that we should legislate morality. But if “legislate morality” entails basing laws solely on an act’s morality or immorality, then we...

A new study shows that zero-sum thinking is pervasive across society, with roots in the ways we tend to think about our neighbors and the economy. Read More… One of the basic insights of economics is that trade is mutually beneficial, making both parties better off than they were before. It’s a proposition about human exchange that stretches back to Adam Smith’s foundational treatise, “The Wealth of Nations.” “Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and...

We are routinely told that work is just a tool for our survival – that if purpose is to be found, it’s in personal provision and personal success. Thankfully, the Christian vision is far richer than this. Read More… Abounding in freedom and plenty, Americans continue to grapple peting forms of workism and careerism, struggling to find meaning and identity in an increasingly secular age. In response, many Christians have rightly taken a renewed interest in vocation and calling, reflecting...

The sentences are the latest in the Chinese Communist Party’s, or CCP’s, relentless pursuit of absolute control, which simultaneously smothers any hint of dissent, including freedoms of speech and assembly. Read More… Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced Sept. 15 to 10 months in prison for their participation in the annual vigil for memoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Twelve defendants total pled guilty earlier this month to their involvement in the vigil memorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre,...

Religious attendance is critical not only in the development and raising of children, but for society as a whole. Read More… Only 47% of Americans belong to a church of any faith. This matters, especially for families and children, as well as munities, as church attendance and religious adherence not only benefit family life, but also the development of children, as both church and a strong family life positively form children and help them e productive members of society. For...

The National Security Law is being used again to punish the pro-democracy Lai, but fear that Next Digital’s forfeitable assets could be diminished appear to be what’s driving this latest attack on basic property rights. Read More… On Sept. 17, a Hong Kong high court ruled that the Security Bureau maintains the power to restrict jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s voting rights as the major shareholder of his pany, Next Digital. The high court did not specify whether Lai was...

“The NSL [is] the biggest damage to the whole industry,” former Apple Daily journalist Elvin Yu told ABC. “Nobody is safe.” Read More… Hong Kong pro-democracy news service Apple Daily shut its doors on June 24, but the ripple effects from the Chinese Communist Party’s attack on the free press continue to reverberate. Seven former Apple Daily employees have been charged under the city’s National Security Law, or NSL, which bans what the government deems to be acts of secession,...

To fully understand the impact and future of Taliban, it is crucial to be cognizant of the varieties of Taliban and the power dynamics among their extremist rivals, such as al-Qaeda and ISK. Read More… The dramatic return of the Taliban to Kabul has consequences beyond the borders of Afghanistan. The Taliban are not the most popular group in Afghanistan but they certainly are the most feared, with enough force at their disposal to impose their dogmatic version of Islam...

One needn’t take a position on organic farming to see the folly in Sri Lanka’s decision. This is a classic case of fatal conceits run amok — of lofty ideas and one-dimensional strategies that hold little regard for localized knowledge and plexity of the human person. Read More… In April, the Sri Lankan government banned the import and use of fertilizers and agrochemicals, including insecticides and herbicides, marking a significant step in their goal to e the world’s first country...