Todd Crawford
As US Economy Stagnates, 30-year Mortgage Rate Soars
According to S&P Global’s U.S. Composite PMI Index which was released on August 23 and tracks manufacturing and service sectors, the U.S. economy stagnated in August, while the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced that the...
NYS: Thousands Come Out for Middletown’s Annual Run4Downtown
On Aug. 19, thousands of participants including hundreds of runners and walkers attended the 17th annual “Run4Downtown” (R4DT) in Middletown, New York. The event, which was sponsored by Marshall & Sterling Insurance, challenged participants to...
Northwest Territories Wildfire Evacuees Face Harrowing Escape After Over 20,000 Ordered to Evacuate
For the first time in Canadian history an entire capital city has been ordered to evacuate due to wildfires. More than 200 wildfires burning in the Northwest Territories prompted the evacuation of at least 20,000...
Americans Support More Tariffs for Chinese Imports, Ban on TikTok: Reuters-Ipsos Polls
According to recent Reuters/Ipsos polls, a majority of Americans believe the United States should levy additional tariffs on the communist country and nearly half of Americans support a complete ban of the Chinese video streaming...
Proposed CCP Policy Threatens Rare Bright Spot in China’s Economy
While China’s economy sputters amid a number of economic crises, recently tabled legislation by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) threatens to upend a rare bright spot. China’a video gaming industry is raking in cash, employing...
As China’s Finances Worsen, Thug-like Local Governments Impose a ‘Fines Economy’
As China's real estate, manufacturing, service, and consumer sectors shrink, local government tax revenues are plummeting, making China’s land finance model unsustainable. As a result, a "fines economy" has emerged in many areas across the...
China Fuming Over Biden’s Executive Order Restricting US Investments in Chinese Technologies
On August 9, U.S. president Joe Biden signed an executive order restricting U.S. investments in China’s semiconductor and microelectronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors, angering the communist nation. “The Biden Administration is...
You’re Not Imagining It: ChatGPT Is Getting Dumber and ‘AI Drift’ May Be to Blame
Researchers now saying that popular artificial intelligence (AI) platform GPT is indeed performing poorer on tasks compared with when it was first released last November, despite assurances by its developer OpenAI. Researchers from Stanford and...
NY: Flushing Town Hall to Premier Award-winning Taiwanese Puppet Show ‘The Paper Play’
On Sunday, August 13, Flushing Town Hall (FTH), located at 137-35 Northern Blvd in New York, will be hosting the American premiere of the award-winning puppet show, “The Paper Play” produced by Puppet Beings Theater. ...
Iowa Farmers Accuse China of Stealing America’s Agriculture Technology
On August 3, a bipartisan delegation from the United States Congress hosted a discussion with locals in Dysart, Iowa concerning “the impacts of the [Chinese Communist Party’s] malign tactics to undermine American agriculture.” Farmers in Iowa...
Guardian Angel, Curtis Sliwa, Blasts New York City’s Approach to the Migrant Crisis
On August 2, New York City mayoral candidate, activist, talk show host and founder and chief executive of the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa, spoke at a protest in Creedmoor, Queens in opposition to the City’s...
China Proposes Imposing Limits On Smartphone Screen Time for Everyone Under 18-years-old
China’s powerful Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has drafted new rules around smartphone screen time for minors, proposing a limit of two-hours, or less, of smartphone screen time per day for anyone under the age of 18....