Fifty years ago, in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, the Arab members of OPEC initiated an oil embargo against the United States. The boycott was retribution for America’s support of Israel during its brief war against Egypt and Syria. read more »
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Why Jews Are Abandoning the Left
For much of the past century, Jews across Britain, North America and Europe tilted decisively to the left. The recent atrocities committed by Hamas against Israel have challenged that trend read more »
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New Battle Lines and a New Political Geography Down Under
On the 14th October 2023, Australians were asked to vote in a national (and compulsory) referendum to alter the Constitution “to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.” read more »
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The Dangerous Delusion of a Global Transition to "Just Electricity"
World leaders continue experiencing a “dangerous delusion” of a global transition to “just electricity” that they believe will eliminate the use of the crude oil read more »
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Russia and China Dominating the Race for Nuclear Electricity Generation
As the USA and many world leaders continue the pursuit of “unreliable electricity”, from wind turbines and solar panels, that can only generate intermittent electricity at best from available breezes and sunshine, Russia, China, France, and Finland have emerged as the leaders in nuclear power generation read more »
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Could a Third Party Save America?
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 »
Los Angeles County Proposes Job Creation Ban
Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, with 10 million residents according to the 2020 census, is proposing what could effectively ban job creation the unincorporated areas, where the County Board of Supervisors functions as a city council. More than one million people live in these areas read more »
Mandating EVs While Discouraging Mining is a Recipe for Disaster
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” wrote the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This may prove no problem to the West’s climate-obsessed elites, who rail about the coming apocalypse, even while undermining the production of the very resources that would be essential if they are to have any chance to reach their cherished “net zero” utopia. read more »
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America's Blue States Are Faring Worse Under Joe Biden
Logic may suggest that the parts of America performing well economically would be the first to back the President in office. read more »
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Indian Americans Are Finding Their Political Voice
In a year of depressingly predictable election trends, the rise of biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy represents something of a breakthrough. read more »
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