One can reasonably expect harsh austerity measures are not far away after this year of largesse however, as the country mimics a bi-polar dog going back to its vomit.
Ma Yinchu was born in 1882 in Zhejiang, China. The son of a small business owner, he was inclined towards scholarship. After earning an undergraduate degree at Tianjin University, he studied at Yale, subsequently earning a PhD in economics and philosophy from Columbia University. He returned to China and helped found the Shanghai College of […]
The good news here, you might say, is that at least Paschal Donohoe seems to envisage Ireland being fully out of lockdown by 2023. He’s going to get into hot water with the Zero Covid people, who markedly do not share that assumption. But that’s sort of where the good news ends: Paschal Donohoe said […]
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, alks with A.D. Ultman, on the rise of political extremism in the US US POLITICAL EXTREMISM: Former Capitol Hill staffer, political scholar, A.D. Ultman, on big money & corruption in American politics & his book, Animal Town, his timely warning about […]
This week, Gript’s #MyLockdown series will try to tell the stories of the people who have suffered the most over the past twelve months, in their own words. Submissions have been edited, in some places, for clarity of language, as well as spelling and grammar, but no content has been added. The stories are those […]
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, talks Dick Bove on the return of 1970s style inflation in the US Odeon Capital Group’s Dick Bove sees US prices soaring 70s-style as US money printing hits new records, and national debt exceeds $28 trillion Dick Bove, the famed bank analyst […]
PODCAST: John Aidan Byrne interviews Kimberly Hermann on the FIRST AMENDMENT and 5 ways the Biden Administration will infringe on your personal freedoms & rights. Kimberly Hermann is General Counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation Kimberly Hermann pulls no punches no matter what. The pro-liberty advocate is general counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation, a non-profit […]
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, interview Dr Alden Cass, therapist for CEOs and Stock traderrs MANIA ON WALL STREET: Dr. Alden Cass, therapist for CEOs and stock traders, fears a financial bubble as irrational exuberance returns amidst social isolation and pandemic mental health upheaval. In this […]
The Rural Independent Group of TDs have described the cabinet decision to “plough ahead with new legislation, banning oil and gas exploration, as utterly counterproductive”, claiming it to be a “groundless decision lacking any rational, scientific or evidence-based scrutiny”. The group warn of the impact on higher energy prices, with no reduction in greenhouse gas […]
The headline most other media outlets seemed to take away from the Taoiseach’s comments yesterday was that lockdown would go on past March 5th. But that’s not really news, is it? Most of us had guessed that already. No, the far more significant news was in the small print: Micheál Martin said he did not […]
Two new reports have highlighted that, while the world’s richest people have made billions during the pandemic, the number of people living in poverty has doubled, with the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs lost across the globe. The International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations agency, says that 8.8 per cent of global working hours […]
All peat harvesting and production has been stopped AHEAD of schedule, leaving Ireland importing peat for power AND for horticulture. All to keep hanging even more Irish workers out to dry. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript