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The Myth of America's Decline

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North America may suffer from some of the world’s poorest political leadership. Yet it seems destined to remain the wealthiest, most dominant place on Earth.  read more »

Biden's War on Fossil Fuels is Hurting America

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When Joe Biden assumed office in 2021, the progressive press hoped, as the LA Times crowed, that he would “turn America into California again”.  read more »

America is Unprepared to Fight a War on Three Fronts

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In our short-attention-span world, we seem to only be able to comprehend one war at a time. But our moment has thrown up conflicts across the globe  read more »

The Road to Autocracy

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Ernst Nolte’s Three Faces of Fascism examined the three devastating ideologies that led to the undermining of European democracy in the 1930s. Today, democratic life is also under threat – and there are also three basic forms that this authoritarian threat takes.  read more »

The New Green Feudalism

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With the 2024 election looming on the horizon, the Democratic Party faces a contradiction. By some important measures, the US economy is booming—third-quarter GDP growth figures were recently adjusted upward to a whopping 5.2 percent—but these numbers aren’t translating into political support for the current administration.  read more »

Joe Biden Should Listen to Republicans on the Border Crisis

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Perhaps no issue has damaged the Biden presidency more than the massive incursions of undocumented migrants across the border.  read more »

Xi Jinping Emerges As the Winner from San Francisco

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Xi Jinping should have entered San Francisco’s Apec conference with his tail between his legs, but instead has emerged as something closer to the king of the world.  read more »

Top Zip Codes for New Apartments: 2018 - 2022

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Rentcafe.com has just published a list of the 51 ZIP Codes in the United States that have had the most apartment construction over the last five years (2018-2022).  read more »

Could a Third Party Save America?

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With the presidential race now heating up, the US faces a choice of disastrous proportions. It is shaping up to be an unpopularity contest  read more »

Let Them Eat Solar Panels

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Last week, during a speech at a high-dollar fundraiser for the League of Conservation Voters in Washington, D.C., President Joe Biden exulted about a solar project in Angola.  read more »