NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘The Fire Next Time’ – Noah Rothman on Woke, the Sequel
Are we ready for the sequel? Noah Rothman
How the newly contentious facilities make the things we do possible. Charles C. W. Cooke
What America needs to do to keep its defenses strong. Rebeccah Heinrichs
A federal rule change could bring upward mobility. Howard Husock
NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘Improving By Degrees’…
The battle has not yet been won, but the signs are auspicious. Frederick M. Hess
The dangerous Islamist-socialist vanguard. Andrew C. McCarthy
The real divide in America today: nostalgia vs. reality. Charles C. W. Cooke
Where Silicon Valley meets the Pentagon, the wheels of innovation are whirring. Luther Ray Abel
I hiked, I camped, I conquered. Sarah Schutte
NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘Running the Border’ – Our obsolete asylum laws…
How to make our humanitarian immigration policies serve national interests. Dan McLaughlin
The gathering geopolitical crisis. Daniel Foster
The future of literacy, literature, and liberal democracy. Dominic Green
NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘The Fights on the Right’….
Where ‘freedom conservatives’ and ‘national conservatives’ can, and can’t, find common ground. By Ramesh Ponnuru
Tech titans would be foolish to think they can resolve the public’s unease by PR alone. By Christine Rosen
Will Trump really try to withdraw the U.S. from the alliance as Putin menaces the region? By Jim Geraghty
NATIONAL REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘The Cost of Fraud’ – And what to do about it.
American taxpayers deserve better. Robert VerBruggen
He is a committed ideologue and a partisan brawler who’s worked out how to hide those traits from the general public. Charles C. W. Cooke
What we learned from the riots of 2020. Noah Rothman
In 2019, payment card fraud losses reached nearly $28 billion worldwide. The United States alone is responsible for more than a third of the total global loss making America the most card fraud-prone country in the world. The economic cost of credit card fraud goes far beyond the cost of illegally purchased merchandise; businesses often spend millions to protect themselves from fraud, buying software and hiring security experts to monitor transactions. Experts say there aren’t enough regulations to help protect the U.S. economy, especially small businesses from card fraud.
As online shopping sees its biggest holiday season ever, hackers are sending fake delivery notices impersonating Amazon, UPS and FedEx, with scams up 72% from last year and 440% from October to November. Clicking a fake shipping notification link can launch ransomware or launch a counterfeit branded site to trick users into entering credit card and personal information to “reroute” a package that never existed.
From an FTC online release:
The Social Security Administration (SSA) scam is the number one scam reported to the FTC right now.
As soon as a caller threatens you, or demands you pay them with a gift card or by wiring money. It’s a scam. Even if the caller ID tells you otherwise.
If you get a call from someone claiming to be from the Social Security Administration, hang up the phone and remember:
To read more: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2019/12/getting-bombarded-scam-calls-youre-not-alone?utm_source=govdelivery
“After investment frauds break open, how much and how fast investors will get repaid depends in large part on the arsenal of professionals—usually lawyers or accountants—called in as trustees to pick through the wreckage.”
If the investment sounds to good to be true, it almost certainly is. Katy Stech Ferek of the Wall Street Journal writes a comprehensive article on the tedious and expensive work of law firms, accountants and investigators in tracking down and facilitating the repayment of funds to victims of Ponzi schemes. Click on the link below to read more in the WSJ:
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