Category: TRENDS EYE VIEW

The Wall Street Journal reports, on 10 December, that the City Council of New York City has approved, by a vote of 33 to 14, a bill that would permit more than 800,000 non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. The new voters would be those who have lived within NYC’s five boroughs for at least...

Bloomberg News reports, on 3 December, that the number of U.S. households with nuclear families—married couples with children under 18—has fallen to 23.1 million, the lowest number since 1959, and 40 percent lower than the number in 1970. By contrast, the total number of U.S. households—presumably not necessarily headed by couples, married or not, and...

The number of new marriage licenses in China has hit a 13-year low so far in 2021, so the country announced an effort to lower the price tag of tying the knot. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said it will make marriage more affordable in 29 cities across the country after reports indicated that...

In the push for climate change, countries across Europe are looking to go nuclear power to end their reliance on coal and gas from Russia for energy, according to a report. Countries like Poland, Britain, and France have all expressed interest in building nuclear power stations in their clean-power effort, The New York Times reported....

One of our 2022 Top Trends is “LABOR UNION COMEBACK,” and it is coming to a country near you.  On 2 December, The New York Times reported that Canada Goose, the manufacturer of luxury apparel based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that makes parkas that can cost over $1,000, had workers at three of its plants vote...

Both The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times reported, on 3 December, that four European banks had been fined by E.U. antitrust regulators in Brussels the equivalent of $400 million for participating in a scheme to manipulate foreign currency markets.  The Bankster bandits involved were HSBC Holdings, Credit Suisse, Barclays, and NatWest Group (formerly...

Legal System? How about a rigged game? In October, two Trends Journal articles dealt with alleged improprieties committed by federal judges; see “AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM: A CRIME SYNDICATE?” (5 Oct 2021) and “ETHICS? WE’RE JUDGES. WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ ETHICS!” (26 Oct 2021). The articles were informed by reports from The Wall Street Journal...

When the COVID War began in 2020, realizing that mayhem would follow in many directions, there was a mass rush across America to buy guns.  In 2016 California lawmakers imposed a limit on the capacity of firearm magazines, prohibiting possession of magazines holding more than ten rounds, claiming such a limit would help prevent mass...