The search for fusion power, long the exclusive precinct of deep-pocketed governments moving at glacial speeds, is now going commercial. That’s as promising a development for the early delivery of working fusion power reactors as commercialization proved for the decoding of the human genome and space travel. The late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen “was among […]
Business investment stagnating in face of trade uncertainty
“The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter as consumers opened their wallets, businesses restocked inventories and governments boosted spending, marking the strongest back-to-back quarters of growth since 2014,” Bloomberg writes. The growth “followed a 4.2 percent advance in the prior three months…” But sustained growth and productivity gains require […]
Why so many Johnnies still can’t read
Ignorant ideas never seem to die. They just keep getting re-adopted by ignorant people and those who, not knowing any better, follow them. Two cases in point: socialism and whole-language reading instruction. The first has been repudiated by history numerous times but is now the program of the Bernie Sanders Progressive wing of the Democratic […]
On Halloween, Progressives give rein to their inner ghoul
Dateline Halloween 2015 Dateline Halloween 2018 We don’t know why Megyn Kelly cried and apologized to the morons at NBC for having defended childhood Halloween playfulness. She should exit the place with a huge exit package, a smile on her face, and the tougher for the experience.
Strategic materials war with China, US free trade negotiations with allies
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: The White House formally notified Congress on October 16th that it intends to begin free trade negotiations with three important allied trading partners: Japan, the EU, and the UK. Allied solidarity is crucial as China rushes to lock up strategic raw materials worldwide while resisting US efforts to reform its state-dominated […]
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