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Scott Shepard: Hollywood Writers Have Scripted Their Own Redundancy
For the first time since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was still president of the Screen Actors’ Guild, Hollywood’s writers and actors have gone on strike at the same time. This strike is technically larger than that one, since it involves ...
Bob Iger is Ruining Disney
Is Bob Iger purposefully trying to ruin Disney? He seems to be on a self-destructive mission. In a commentary at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard notes numerous ways the Disney CEO has driven his once-robust entertainment colossus into ...
Scott Shepard: Bob Iger’s Dark Disney Magic: A Wrecking Ball for Wokeness
Benjamin Franklin published a tract in London and Philadelphia in 1773 explaining the Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One. As good satire, it offered both humor and warning, but apparently the British no more ...
JPMorgan Chase Targets Anti-Woke Resisters — And Now Their Families Too
"JPMorgan Chase is back to debanking," writes Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard. "Once again, it’s not providing any explanations. And once again it’s targeting people who dare to question the Left Government/Woke Business conspiracy against liberty." In a RealClearMarkets ...
Scott Shepard: Oops JPMorgan Chase Did It Again…Again
JPMorgan Chase is back to debanking. Once again, it’s not providing any explanations. And once again it’s targeting people who dare to question the Left Government/Woke Business conspiracy against liberty. At about the same time, it appears, Chase debanked, without warning, Drs ...
Will the National Center’s Lawsuit Bring the SEC Back to Neutral?
In the Wall Street Journal, J.W. Verret discusses the implications of the lawsuit we've brought against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As Verret relays, the SEC -- once a trusted institution -- has become politicized under Biden-appointed Chairman ...
Disney’s Silence Speaks Volumes After Samuel L. Jackson Insults Conservatives
When actors choose to use their freedom of speech to offend half the country while promoting a movie, shouldn't we expect the company making the movie to feel responsible for damage control? In a commentary published by the Daily Caller, ...
Stefan Padfield: Is Disney Complicit in Hate Speech?
Famed actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson effectively told Rolling Stone that conservatives are racist rednecks. In light of the fact that Jackson was promoting his latest Marvel Universe project at the time, does Disney’s silence in response make them ...
You Can Put Lipstick on ESG and Call It Conscientious Capitalism, but It’s Still ESG
In 1992, Texas's then-Governor Ann Richards famously said, "You can put lipstick on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig." We could well apply her words to BlackRock CEO/Chairman/Emperor Larry Fink, who thinks renaming ESG "conscientious ...
Scott Shepard: Larry Fink Abandons Failed “ESG” Phrasing for ESG Phrasing
Larry Fink is “ashamed.” Quite right, you may respond. But this being Larry Fink, he’s not ashamed of what he should be ashamed of. He’s not ashamed of misusing other people’s assets to push his own personal policy preferences. He’s not ashamed ...
