For the Week of October 14, 2024

About those Trump and Harris national security endorsements: Mark Alexander argues that military and national security endorsements speak volumes about the competence of the Trump/Vance ticket versus the ineptitude of the Harris/Walz ticket

Tradition and liberty in science fiction and fantasy: Part Thirteen -- A variety of films and TV shows, from aliens to vampires: Mark Wegierski looks at a variety of movies and TV shows

God called people far worse than Trump to do great things, like Paul who murdered Christians: Many Christians have signalled that they don't intend on voting this year -- no fans of either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump -- and Rachel Alexander believes that they're making a big mistake if they follow through on their promise

Of human fallibility: A.I. technology represents neither perfection nor potential, merely a collective information blender: The use of AI continues to make inroads into the worlds of the arts, something that executives seem to liike while artists themselves have no love of, and musician Charlotte B. Cerminaro finds herself agreeing with the later

Digital censorship is more than removing TikTok from our phones: American politicians have been making a lot of noise about banning TikTok due to its effects on its users but Richard Holt believes that the cure is worse than the disease

Examining the Polish-Canadian community on the 40th anniversary of the murder of Father Jerzy Popieluszko: Apolonja (Pola) Kojder and Mark Wegierski reflect on the upcoming anniversary of the murder of a Catholic priest by Polish communist secret police in 1984

Playing the long game in the Saudi pro league: Saudi football club Al Nassr announced a few years back the signing of soccer royalty Christiano Ronaldo to a contract with half a billion dollars. How did a soccer team in a low profile league manage this? Saudi resident Owen Kamphuis explains

Raising the minimum wage - why it's a bad idea: Raising the minimum wage is always promoted as a way to help the working poor but Leila Starr argues that the evidence suggests it simply doesn't accomplish that at all

Federal Reserve losses top $200 billion and you're on the hook: The US Federal Reserve has lost hundreds of billions of dollars over the past two years and Americans are lucky enough to be left holding the cheque. Mike Maharrey explains how and why

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