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February 4, 2025
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Sitting in a Juche Tree…
One of the enduring mysteries from the first Trump term as president is the source of the ostensible deep affection between the two, as expressed, for example, in letters that they exchanged. Kim addressed Trump as “Your Excellency,” referring to their “deep and special friendship.” And: “Even now I cannot forget that moment of history when I…
March 6, 2024
The Electricity Central Planners Thwarted by Property Rights
The decades-long push for expansion of “renewable” electricity generation—wind and solar power in particular—always has been driven by a combination of religious fervor and the rent- and vote-seeking cynicism of businesses and politicians. Renewable electricity supposedly is “clean,” a stance that ignores the heavy-metal pollution, wildlife destruction, massive and unsightly land use, landfill issues, noise, flicker effects,…