Author: Scott Shepard

As Lockdowns End, Either Woke Recedes Or Freedom Does

As Lockdowns End, Either Woke Recedes Or Freedom Does

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The woke model of governance and society is about to face its first open-world test. Last fall I wrote a piece identifying the current woke furor as a moral panic, particularly its uber-racist “anti-racism” and transparently mendacious “equity” strands. We’ve had ...
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Government-Worker Unions: A Conspiracy Against Free Society

Government-Worker Unions: A Conspiracy Against Free Society

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Government-worker unions strive to fleece the public while maximizing government control of people’s lives. They are a cancer. Private-industry unions are industry- and community-destroying machines. Since I made this case in this space a few weeks back, more evidence has arisen ...
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Upset About Disney Cancel Culture? Buy Disney Stock!

Upset About Disney Cancel Culture? Buy Disney Stock!

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If you’re reading this, Disney probably hates you and wishes you either silenced or destroyed. That’s not hyperbole. It’s the only coherent way to interpret the comments of Bob Chapek, the new CEO of the Walt Disney Company, at its ...
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BoA Moynihan’s “Shareholder Capitalism” Metrics Reveal The Ruse

BoA Moynihan’s “Shareholder Capitalism” Metrics Reveal The Ruse

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There has been considerable discussion in this space about the fundamental incoherence and fraudulence of the “stakeholder capitalism” theory. Today I offer some additional proof arising from the very metrics touted as the way to measure the theory in action ...
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“Multiracial Whiteness” Gives The Game Away -- Why Are Corporations Still Playing?

“Multiracial Whiteness” Gives The Game Away — Why Are Corporations Still Playing?

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Just as the new administration was installed, the latest idea burst from the fetid corner of the academy whence so much modern evil springs: “multiracial whiteness.” The concept gives the game away. The woke project is not about race; it ...
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With The Left Set To Fleece Woke Billionaires, The Right Should Help Them Focus

With The Left Set To Fleece Woke Billionaires, The Right Should Help Them Focus

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Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are learning a vital lesson up in Washington State: bowing to the demands of those who want to destroy you doesn’t appease them. It encourages them. We on the right should not impede their learning ...
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America Can’t Grow Unless We Say Union No

America Can’t Grow Unless We Say Union No

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A buddy reminded me recently of a common ad from our youth, the jingle of which proclaimed “America works best when we saaaaay union yes!” It was one of those breezy little lies that made us Gen Xers so skeptical ...
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The Preposterous Pose Of Mr. Larry Fink

The Preposterous Pose Of Mr. Larry Fink

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Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, thinks very highly of himself. So highly that he expects the whole of the American corporate world – and, derivatively, you personally – to bow down before him. The super-fun kicker? The great height ...
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The Minimum Wage Is An Impossible Conundrum For Honest “Stakeholder Capitalism”

The Minimum Wage Is An Impossible Conundrum For Honest “Stakeholder Capitalism”

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Any business-governance theory that, if honestly applied, collapses into neurotic indecision paralysis at the fundamental question of setting wages is a failed theory. Well then, RIP “stakeholder primacy,” 2019-2021 – at least as an honest theory. Of course, as has ...
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Occupy Twitter?

Occupy Twitter?

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Many of the country’s largest corporations have abandoned their traditional roles as, you know, businesses to jump hard into politics – always, it seems, on the side of the woke performative left. The partisan flavor of the companies’ metamorphoses is ...
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