In this presentation delivered by the Rising Tide Foundation’s resident China expert Dr. Quan Le, the heart and soul of Chinese civilization is explored through the portal of the great Confucian classics and the deeper moral, philosophical and even geopolitical lessons contained in the 14th century historical novel by Luo Guanzhong titled ‘The Romance of…
Month: February 2026
The Mind, Life and Insights of Confucius
While all living beings are mortal, only human kind has access to the self-awareness of its own mortality. With this knowledge of our own finiteness, we may become cynical and fearful pessimists wallowing in despair and nihilism or we may choose to embrace a higher set of goals and principles for the identity we shape…
Has the ‘American System’ Been Revived at Davos… or is a Keynesian Trojan Horse Being Rolled out?
By Matthew Ehret This week, many people (myself included) were shocked to hear that a speech took place at Davos, featuring a Sorbonne-trained Mormon US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer outlining the history of the American System of Political Economy from 1776 to the present. Greer’s speech was titled ‘From Hamilton to Today: Trade and U.S. Economic…
When Traitors Are Celebrated as Heroes: An Account of the True ‘American System’ History & Why You are Being Lied to Today
By Cynthia Chung As many of you are aware, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer made a rather shocking speech last week at Davos, Switzerland (the 56th World Economic Forum). His speech was titled ‘From Hamilton to Today: Trade and U.S. Economic Strategy’ which credited Alexander Hamilton as the origin of the ‘American System’ school of economics. With an…
The Difference Between William McKinley’s American System School of Protective Tariffs and Today (Part II)
By Cynthia Chung “Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion. This is the weak point of our defences, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be…
Johannes Kepler’s thinking: “Playing, as God the Creator played”
The prevailing view of Kepler’s “archetypal” thinking today contains a fatal error that has been spreading in people’s minds for half a century since an essay by Wolfgang Pauli. The error becomes clear when one realizes that Kepler thought metaphorically, but his critics, such as Pauli, think symbolistically. By Ralf Schauerhammer I actually wanted to…