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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Sweden Risks Falling Behind the Technology Race
For a long time, Sweden has been a leading innovation economy, known around the world for its technological competences. My first personal association of Sweden, as a child before I came to Europe, was as a country with talented engineers. But Sweden's position as a leading European engineering country is being undermined. 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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A Polycentric Plan for Portland
Portland’s TriMet transit agency is attempting to serve a 2020s urban area with a 1910 transit system, says a new report published by the Cascade Policy Institute. read more »
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Michael Bloomberg's $1 Billion Assault on the Electrical Grid
Climate-related philanthropy in America has been hijacked by a radical agenda that will hurt the affordability, reliability, and resilience of the U.S. electric grid. 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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"New" Cities? An Old Idea
As a kid I used to draw imaginary cities all the time. I was inspired by a trip to Disney World when I was 11 years old and I saw the Magic Kingdom’s Main Street USA and EPCOT. Without even knowing the truth I realized they were designed environments, meant to evoke certain feelings from visitors. read more »
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About That Old Gallup Poll
I have alluded many times to the rather astonishing results of an old Gallup poll that I myself commissioned 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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A Polycentric Plan for St. Louis
St. Louis has more miles of light rail than any other Midwestern urban area, yet fewer people rode St. Louis transit in 2019 than in 1991, before the region opened its first mile of light rail. read more »