The Case Against Foreign Aid - Opinion

Epoch Times Print Edition

Read and listen to truthful and independent reporting.

Not only is there no evidence that foreign aid has ever turned a poor country into a rich country; it is much more likely that foreign aid undermines economic development by giving politicians in recipient nations an excuse to delay or avoid needed reforms.

The Truth About Retail Sales - Opinion

Epoch Times Print Edition

Read and listen to truthful and independent reporting.

By making this one adjustment, we can easily see that all of the increased sales over the past 3 1/2 years are illusory. It is simply you and I and everyone spending more on getting the same thing. That’s the best case. We are likely spending more on something worse.

In every act of the will there is a preference-the desiring one thing rather than another. Where there is no preference, but complete indifference, there is no volition. To will is to choose, and to choose is to decide between two or more alternatives. But there is something which influences the choice; something which determines the decision. Hence the will cannot be Sovereign because it is the servant of that something. The will cannot be both Sovereign and servant. It cannot be both cause and effect. The will is not causative, because, as we have said, something causes it to choose, therefore that something must be the causative agent. Choice itself is affected by certain considerations, is determined by various influences brought to bear upon the individual himself, hence, volition is the effect of these considerations and influences, and if the effect, it must be their servant; and if the will is their servant then it is not Sovereign, and if the will is not Sovereign, we certainly cannot predicate absolute "freedom" of it. Acts of the will cannot come to pass of themselves--to say they can, is to postulate an uncaused effect. Ex nihilo nihil fit-nothing cannot produce something. The Sovereignty of God, by A. W. Pink

Expect to see AI ‘weaponized to deceive voters’ in this year’s presidential election

Inquirer.com

Expect to see AI ‘weaponized to deceive voters’ in this year’s presidential election

Artificial intelligence poses a major threat in the 2024 election, computer and voting experts warn. As AI accelerates, the potential for misinform...

Artificial intelligence poses a major threat in the 2024 election, computer and voting experts warn. As AI accelerates, the potential for misinformation also rises in Pennsylvania and other states.