The mainstream media has developed a new genre of reporting which I’ve dubbed Winston journalism, a reference to Orwell’s “1984” character whose job at Oceania’s Ministry of Truth was to turn lies into truths and truths into lies. The Washington Post has turned Winston journalism into an art form, with writers Glenn Kessler, Taylor Lorenz, and Phil Bump among the best practitioners, but opinion economics columnist Catherine Rampell is indisputably the grande dame of the genre.
Given that President Biden hailed Ford as one of America’s exemplary companies in his State of the Union Address last year and the entrenched media promotes Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as a worthy presidential candidate, the controversial relationship between Blue Oval and “Big Gretch” is of national interest, particularly when China factors heavily into the equation.
A recent Ford announcement and more disclosures about China’s planned electric battery plants in the Great Lakes state serve as warnings of the economic and national security dangers if Whitmer ever occupied the White House.
Some thoughts on how to instantly incentivize Congress to pass bipartisan healthcare reform legislation, Cigna’s mockery of its supposed ethics and principles, and a shoutout to Ohio AG Dave Yost for his pursuit of evil healthcare “gangsters.”
WARNING: If you consider American CEO compensation obscene, the 2022 pay package Ford awarded Jim Farley is hardcore pornographic.
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The entrenched media is pounding the drums in support of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer running for president. Here’s some insight and perspective fawning reporters choose not to mention.
Pepsi would have you believe the company is the Mother Teresa of corporate America. I rank it among the most despicable.
The Wall Street Journal reported today on a survey that revealed Americans are overwhelmingly negative about the economic futures and doubt their children’s lives will be better than their own. Indications are the economic situation is far more dire than Americans fear.
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The disrespect Stanford law students recently showed a federal appellate judge, and the looming arrest of Donald Trump is cause for great alarm about the future of America’s judiciary.
Toxic wokeness has become so pervasive that even a Harvard Business School professor and a Nobel Laureate now argue that if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s definitely not a duck.