Socrates Corner
The Political Failings of ESG: Why 2024 is the Year for Policy Reform
“Woke or conscientious capitalism is a direct result of activist investors pressuring public companies to adopt politically charged policies that fail to directly impact the financial performance of a company within a reasonable investment time horizon.” ~ Excerpt from a coalition letter supporting the “Stop Woke Investing Act.” “ESG is the […]
The SEC’s ethical breach as an “amicus” against We the People before the Supreme Court
“In Sarbanes-Oxley, Congress employed a phrase: ‘discriminate because of’ that has long been recognized to require a plaintiff to show discriminatory intent. It is this transplanted phrase with its rich soil that decides this case.” ~ Eugene Scalia, former Labor Secretary The SEC’s disregard for its own standard procedures presents a major ethical dilemma […]
Special Counsel Durham Delivers a Special Dose of Reality on FBI Corruption and Weaponization
“The speed and manner in which the FBI opened and investigated Crossfire Hurricane during the presidential election season based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence also reflected a noticeable departure from how it approached prior matters involving possible attempted foreign election interference plans aimed at the Clinton campaign.” ~ Special Counsel John Durham, excerpt […]
All “Bragg” and no Bite: Why the New York DA’s Case Against Trump is 100% a Political Witch Hunt
“Justice is supposed to be blind, regardless of race religion or Creed. However, here in Manhattan the scales of Justice are weighed down by politics. For the District Attorney, justice isn’t blind, it’s about looking for opportunities to advance a radical political agenda. Rather than enforcing the law, the D.A is using his office to […]
Congress Cracks Down on the Weaponization of Government
“Ordinary Americans are not just being reported to Twitter for de-amplification or de-platforming, but to firms like PayPal, digital advertisers like Xander, and crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe. These companies can and do refuse service to law-abiding people and businesses whose only crime is falling afoul of a distant faceless unaccountable algorithmic judge.” ~Matt Taibi, independent […]
The Twitter Files – Elon Musk’s Takeover, and the Exposé of Big Tech Censorship
“The ‘Twitter Files’ tell an incredible story from inside one of the world’s largest and most influential social media platforms. It is a Frankensteinian tale of a human-built mechanism grown out the control of its designers” ~Matt Taibbi, author and journalist Why Elon Musk’s Acquisition of Twitter Restores Equal Treatment Online Elon Musk’s triumphal […]
The Gulag Archipelago 50 Years Later– Reassessing One of the Greatest Works of Literary Realism
“Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the maturity of the human soul.” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago Background on Alexander Solzhenitsyn and his account […]
Midterms 2022: The Fight to Save America
A Who’s Who of 2022: Breakdown of Critical Midterm Races and Candidates With the 2022 Midterm elections right around the corner, the country has seen many heated races at the national level. Following a contentious and continually controversial Presidential election in 2020, the vestiges of election fraud and manipulation continue to permeate the questionability […]
Jaeger LeCoultre’s 190-Year Impact—Redefining the Possible in Timekeeping
“The art challenges the technology and the technology inspires the art.” ~John Lassetter, film director “The [Quadriptyque] watch represents Jaeger-LeCoultre’s biggest strengths—its impeccable design sensibilities and supreme technical prowess” ~Neha S. Bajpai Intro & background on Jaeger-LeCoultre This piece will consummate the third installment to my watch review series, examining noteworthy achievements in […]
The Grapes of Wrath—How America’s Former Depression Reflects America’s Imminent Recession
“The changing economy was ignored, plans for the change ignored; and only means to destroy revolt were considered, while the causes of revolt went on.” ~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Summary: Chapters 1—6 “The Grapes of Wrath” was a prominent realist novel written by John Steinbeck, centered around the economic suffering of the Great […]
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