Mark Tapscott

1 week ago | instapundit.com | Mark Tapscott

CHINA CENTURY THAT NEVER WAS: Over on Substack today, Rod Martin’s guest author is Yi Fuxian. Remember that name because this guy knows China like few others in the world. In “The End of the Chinese Dream,” Fuxian explains why two decades ago he described China as “A Big Country With an Empty Nest.” It’s even more relevant today. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

1 week ago | instapundit.com | Mark Tapscott

AN UNGUARDED RESPONSE TO A CRITIC: Velkyn1 offered an usually detailed and lengthy critique of a video on the HillFaith YouTube channel. Take his critique and my response, put them together and you have an insight into the depth and detail of the present state of apologetical discussion of one critical detail from the Easter story, who were the guards Pilate commanded to keep watch on the tomb of Jesus to prevent His disciples from stealing his body and [falsely] proclaiming His resurrection?

2 weeks ago | instapundit.com | Mark Tapscott

CHINA’S WAR ISN’T JUST ON TARIFFS: Tony Perkins, Family Research Council (FRC) chief and the former Vice-Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), knows a thing or three about how and why the Chinese Communist regime in Beijing acts. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

2 weeks ago | instapundit.com | Mark Tapscott

BUREAUCRATS BOUGHT OPULENT FURNISHING FOR EMPTY OFFICES: Why on Earth would federal bureaucrats think it made sense to spend hundreds of millions of tax dollars on opulent new furnishings for mostly empty offices that throughout the Covid Pandemic and in the teleworking boom of the following years? Openthebooks.com CEO John Hart provides searing testimony to the House DOGE Subcommittee. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

2 weeks ago | pjmedia.com | Mark Tapscott

Following is the prepared testimony delivered by John Hart, Chief Executive Officer of OpenTheBooks.org, the Illinois-based non-profit watchdog that makes public official spending at all levels of government. His testimony was delivered Tuesday, April 8, before the government efficiency subcommittee of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). New Mexico Democrat Rep. Angela Stansbury is the Ranking Member.