The Garden State has become Animal Farm, where all are equal but some more equal than others. Major supermarkets thrive while mum-and-dad stores go broke. Union building sites operate, but non-Left public protests are quashed by a politicised VicPol. What matters these days isn't who you are but who your mates are

A true economic and cultural renaissance -- that is the reward which awaits societies willing to take a leap of faith by embracing open markets, low taxes, and the freedom of their citizenry to dictate the kind of society they want through a greater role for individual decision-making. Look to Hong Kong for proof of that

One of the principal reasons the CCP wants the extradition bill is because Beijing fears Hong Kong's freedoms and their ardent advocates could inspire mainland opposition. That is why the island’s autonomy, and its symbolic victory should the extradition law fail, is such a dire threat