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☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

The Tyranny of Relativism

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — May 4th 2024 at 06:23
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes remains as good a question as it always has been. 

French writer Julien Benda
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Wind Power: Interest Rates Too High, Wind Rates Too Low

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — May 3rd 2024 at 12:51
Surely the wind won’t die down for long periods? We can’t be so sure.

An aerial view shows power-generating windmill turbines in a wind farm in Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, France, May 19, 2022.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Russia: Jamming and Gray-Zone Games

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 28th 2024 at 17:53
Moscow continues to apply pressure in the Baltic Sea region. 

A Finnair Airbus A320-200 prepares to take off from Manchester Airport in Manchester, England, in 2018.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Electric Vehicles: Electric Ladaland

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 23rd 2024 at 18:27
Shareholders not in thrall to ESG or climate fundamentalism ought to start speaking out.

A man holds a charging plug to charge a car at a Smart Charge electric vehicle charging station in Beijing, China, February 2, 2024.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Net Zero: Yet Another Tax

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 22nd 2024 at 16:30
Best guess: Pay-per-mile is headed London’s way.

London mayor Sadiq Khan outside City Hall in London, May 2016.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Brzezinski’s Prophecy, Ferguson’s Law

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 21st 2024 at 06:48
On our current trajectory, this gap will only widen, until it can’t. 

Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia attend a signing ceremony at the Kremlin, March 21, 2023.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

The Tory Tobacco Ban

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 20th 2024 at 06:51
The war against tobacco is, these days, more about control than health. 

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a speech on welfare reform in central London, April 19, 2024.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Europe’s Energy: Russia Tries Another Line of Attack

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 16th 2024 at 18:25
There are plenty of reasons why NATO countries should be providing additional air-defense systems to Ukraine. This is another.

A worker walks past a gas tube  during the opening of the liquefied natural gas terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, December 17, 2022.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Electric Vehicles: Slow Canada

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 15th 2024 at 17:44
As is the case in many other markets, Canadian buyers are concerned about the lack of adequate charging infrastructure.

Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference to announce details on the construction of a gigafactory for electric vehicle battery production by Volkswagen Group's battery company PowerCo SE in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, April 21, 2023.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Ukraine: Not So Quiet on the Eastern Front

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 14th 2024 at 17:29
Attrition’s cruel math favors Russia. 

Servicemen of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine run at their positions at a frontline in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 5, 2024.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Germany: Deindustrialization Watch

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 12th 2024 at 07:38
The German company ThyssenKrupp has struggled for a while and is now facing major production cutbacks.

The Thyssenkrupp headquarters in Essen, Germany, November 22, 2023
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Germany: Blunder Road

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 10th 2024 at 20:41
Many of Germany’s problems stem from the misjudgments made during the Merkel years, from the reliance on “cheap” Russian gas to a growing economic dependence on China.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a visit at the BMW Group plant in Munich, Germany, December 5, 2023.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Office Property: No Tea Party in Boston

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 9th 2024 at 14:17
The decline in office-building values will affect the cities that rely largely on revenue from commercial-property taxes.

Buildings in downtown Boston, Mass.
☑ ☆ ✇ The Corner | National Review

Climate: The Fed Holds the Line

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 8th 2024 at 17:33
The Fed has reportedly pushed back against an effort by European central bankers to require lenders to disclose ‘their strategies for meeting green commitments.’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference after the release of U.S. Fed policy decision on interest rates in Washington, D.C.,  May 3, 2023.
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