February 20, 2024

Why the Poles don't envy the rich

In the 1980s, Poland was one of the poorest countries in Europe. But after Polish workers overthrew the socialist dictatorship and capitalism was introduced in Poland in 1990, the country developed into Europe’s growth champion. The standard of...

February 2, 2024

The Truth about Campaign Donations

Donald Trump received fewer campaign donations in the final quarter of 2023 than Joe Biden. Trump's campaign reported donations of 19 million dollars to the electoral commission for the last three months of last year. Biden received 33 million do...

December 30, 2023

Andrea Bocelli: Breaking the barriers of victim mentality

Today, many people have a victim mentality — they see themselves as victims of society, disadvantage, or discrimination, victims of adverse circumstances.  But the disabled people in my book Unbreakable Spirit never saw themselves as ...

March 30, 2023

Are rich people dishonest?

Do you think rich people are honest? If you answer “no,” you are far from alone. I commissioned the renowned institute Ipsos MORI to conduct a survey on the image of rich people in different countries. One of the questions asked people wh...

March 10, 2023

Bernie Sanders breathes new life into the Communist Manifesto

For long stretches, Bernie Sanders's new book, It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism, reads like Marx's and Engels's 1848 Communist Manifesto.  The only difference is that in their manifesto, Marx and Engels also clearly unde...

May 23, 2020

Class Warfare Will Worsen the Pandemic

Medieval depictions of the bubonic plague often illustrated a “dance of death,” portraying peasants, noblemen, and clergy all equally afflicted by the plague. The current pandemic affects people of all classes too. It made front page news...