Politics

Elon Musk's Party for Oligarchs

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Just what America doesn’t need – another party dominated, and this time even started, by oligarchs. SpaceX owner Elon Musk may be able to design rocket ships, but his understanding of politics and public opinion is below elementary-school level.  read more »

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Under Zohran Mamdani, the Jewish Exodus from New York Likely to Accelerate

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Zohran Mamdani may represent the future of New York, but only by destroying the secrets of its past success. The city, even under the quasi-socialist mayor Fiorello La Guardia, has from its Dutch days been a fundamentally capitalist enterprise.  read more »

The Big Beautiful Bill Torpedoes Big Solar & Big Wind

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Last November, I published 10 can’t miss predictions about the presidential election. One of my predictions was that if Donald Trump won another term in the White House, he wouldn’t repeal the alt-energy subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act. I wrote:  read more »

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Zohran Mamdani’s Progressive Intifada will be a Disaster for New York

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Whoever is elected New York City mayor in November, Zohran Mamdani’s impressive win this week in the Democratic mayoral primary marks a breaking point in the party, the city and US society as a whole.  read more »

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Wars Are Won on the Factory Floor

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As recent events in Iran have so aptly demonstrated, technological progress married to industrial might produces the most tangible form of power.  read more »

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Why No Unicorns in Italy?

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I’m on a panel about this tonight.

A unicorn is a privately owned startup company worth more than $1 billion.  read more »

Portland Has the “Worst Housing Crisis Outlook”

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Portland, Oregon is suffering from the “worst housing crisis outlook” in the country  read more »

Musk Outbursts Reveal a Deeper Rift in MAGA

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The deepening split between Elon Musk and the Trump administration speaks to broader divisions within an increasingly shell-shocked GOP. Musk, who left the White House only last week, has since denounced Donald Trump’s hodgepodge budget bill – the so-called Big Beautiful Bill – as a ‘disgusting abomination’, as it will add almost $4 trillion to the federal deficit.  read more »

How China Co-opted the Green Movement

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Rising empires require collaborators to expand their influence and win over adversaries. In this respect, China and other anti-Western regimes increasingly count on green activists, investors, and media to advance their interests.  read more »

Donald Trump has Scrambled the Old Class Allegiances

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US president Donald Trump has disrupted the nature of class politics. In a reversal of long-standing allegiances, working-class Americans – including many minorities – have shifted towards the MAGA right. Meanwhile, the well-educated, the corporate elites and the government-dependent have generally veered leftwards.  read more »