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Ramaphosa's Incompetent Statecraft
With the recent BRICS conference, President Ramaphosa referred to Vladimir Putin as "our valued ally." While I have defended, and still do defend, South Africa’s non-aligned stance regarding the war in...
View ArticleDEI is dead. The Establishment Media Just Doesn’t Want You to Know It
Even before November, the once trendy concepts of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) were already sinking. Now the election of Donald Trump all but...
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The Real Reason for America's Housing Crisis
Back in September, I wrote a piece that highlighted a notable but underestimated accomplishment in Chicago’s housing market. The 2023 U.S. Census’ American Community Survey data showed that Chicago...
View ArticleAmerica's Working Class is Taking Back Control
For a generation, America’s working class, as well as much of its middle class, lost political power. Rather than build their appeal on class interests, politicians kowtowed to Wall Street, Big Tech...
View ArticleOur Incredible Shrinking Planet
If the 20th century was an era obsessed with the fear of a global population explosion – a time when governments, experts, and journalists fretted that population growth powered by high birth rates...
View ArticleThe Return of Realpolitik
If the election of Donald Trump means anything, it marks the end of the liberal world order and its replacement by grim realpolitik, described by one MIT analyst as “the pursuit of vital state...
View ArticleMore on the Housing Crisis/Auto Industry Analogy
The strangest thing happened to me over the last few days. I stumbled on an analogy that I hadn’t considered as particularly relevant, but now discovering how relevant it really is.Last Friday, I wrote...
View ArticleJews Are Discovering That Canada's Multicultural Utopia Isn't Safe
In the many summers my family spent in Quebec, at the farm owned by my wife’s uncle Morris and his wife Louise, I could see Canada in its best light. Morris, who grew up in the old Jewish ghetto of Le...
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China Runs the Table
On Monday, the Biden administration issued new restrictions on the export of key semiconductor equipment and software to China. On Tuesday, China retaliated by banning the export to the US of three...
View ArticleDemocrat Resistance to Mass Deportations Could Push the US to a Civil War
If something approaching civil war occurs in the US, as many Americans now believe, the most immediate cause may be President Trump’s move to deport huge numbers of people, upwards of 10 million just...
View ArticleThe Aging States of America
The United States is experiencing rapid growth in its older population, a triumphant result of long-term investments in health and medicine. There have never before been so many older Americans –...
View ArticleThe American University is Rotting From Within
The Western world has many enemies – China, Russia, Iran, North Korea – but none is more potentially lethal than its own education system. From the very institutions once renowned for spreading...
View ArticleTransit Carries 77% of Pre-Covid Riders in October
The nation’s public transit systems carried 77.3 percent as many riders in October 2024 as in the same month of 2019, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Transit Administration. This is...
View ArticleThe Expansion of the "Citadel of Affluence"
I’ll state this right from the outset. This is not a take-down. I’m expressing a point of view that differs from conventional urbanism wisdom. Please keep that in my mind as you read on.Back in 2014, I...
View ArticleKing Coal Powers On
The International Energy Agency has been consistent — and consistently wrong — about global coal demand.In 2015, the Paris-based agency declared, "The golden age of coal in China seems to be over."...
View ArticleThe Lone Star State is Soaring: America's Future Will Be Made in Texas
The United States is a misnomer. Despite its title, our republic has rarely been united, instead hosting an endless gladiatorial contest between different states and regions. In the early 19th century,...
View ArticleNew Report: Is California Losing its Mojo?
In popular myth, California has been America’s land of opportunity since its founding. In 1849, California built its reputation around its rich vein of gold in Sierra Nevada. From precious metals,...
View ArticleElon Musk and the Rise of the Alt-Oligarchy
The US is increasingly a country ruled by oligarchs who pour cascading levels of funds into the competing parties. In 2024, election spending was two-to-three times what it was two decades ago in real...
View ArticleThe Scared Professors
In 1958, sociologists Paul Lazarsfeld and Wagner Thielens Jr. conducted several studies with academics across the country, questioning them about their behaviors and attitudes toward expression and...
View ArticleChristmas/Chanukah Message to Our Readers
We have been publishing for 15 years, and we are thankful for your readership now and in the future. The partnership with Praxis Strategy group has been fruitful, as we hope you will agree.In this...
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