But the medicine for decline requires unity, honesty, courage, and action... virtues now in short supply on social media, amid popular culture, and among the political class.

“It’s absolutely disgusting how much better their lifestyles are"

Another board member, Robert P. George, a Princeton University professor, resigned last month.

"...the administration has struggled for months and months with something they initially ginned up and then sort of tried to tamp down..."

The former FBI director and New York attorney general had their cases thrown out in late November for the same reason...

Social trust is highest in Northern Europe, led by Sweden and the Netherlands...

1) Can AI drive durable rise in productivity? 2) Will robotics allow AI to move into the physical world? 3) How is tech moving to the center of a multipolar world? 4) How will US manage higher energy demand? 5) How do demographic shifts drive market outcomes?

"The parallels between Minnesota and Maine are so eerie." 

If the “scary” chart of the past couple of weeks has been Oracle CDS, it was Japanese bond yields by the end of this week.

Gavin Newsom's destructive legislation could double current gas prices while creating a national security risk...

...identified 26 material weaknesses and two significant deficiencies in the Pentagon’s financial reporting practices for the year.

The midterm election year is without question the worst year in the four-year election cycle...

“They will never take responsibility for their shit behavior.” 

"It would be the collapse of the Cuban economy, no question about it." 

"This is already underway in places like Houston. This is not something that may possibly happen—it is already happening here within our borders. Paterson, New Jersey is proud to call themselves the first Muslim city." 

"...everyone that watches his interviews and sees how he tries to imitate Obama, they wonder why he’s got the nickname Dollar Store Obama. "

Sturdy global growth coupled with non-recessionary Fed cuts should be positive for global equities, but tensions with 'hot valuations' may increase volatility...