PinnedPublished inThe New Climate.Seeing the back of the Automobile AgeCan this really be true? Are young people in the global north really falling out of love with the automobile?Mar 7, 202320Mar 7, 202320
What’s the deal with Trump’s tariffs?The US last did this in 1930 and it didn’t work. And a novel on the British experience1d ago1d ago
America’s soft power is felt even in Oxleas WoodsAmerica’s purchase on the imagination of the world is such that you can’t even take the dog for a Sunday run in the woods without colliding…2d ago2d ago
Why would Donald Trump commute Carlos Watson’s fraud sentence?Why on earth would Donald Trump commute the fraud sentence of OZY Media’s Carlos Watson? I ask the question in some astonishment…2d ago2d ago
April’s ‘Liberation Day’ just one aspect of the Don’s new world disorderDonald Trump has declared April 2 ‘Liberation Day’ as he prepares to unveil reciprocal tariffs on all US trading partners. But that’s just…2d ago2d ago
Even ChatGPT ‘imagined’ J D Vance’s visit to Greenland as vaguely threateningAsk ChatGPT to portray the arrival of an American politician in Greenland and it ‘imagines’ something that might almost be seen as the…6d ago6d ago
America is on everyone’s mindThree books and five bite-sized pieces flavoured with this momentMar 26Mar 26
It’s Trump and his administration that may be the real ‘kill switch’It’s pretty juvenile, some of the current conversations about the so-called “kill switch”.Mar 24Mar 24
In Germany, the big bet is on MerzJust days ago, Germany’s outgoing parliament cleared a €1tn spending package sought by the country’s chancellor-in-waiting. Excerpts from…Mar 24Mar 24