July 18, 2024

Myanmar without Tourists

Since a military coup in February 2021, democracy has become a dirty word in the southeast Asian nation Myanmar, also called Burma.  When I arrived, I was told, “Don’t talk about ‘democracy’ or ‘international p...

March 16, 2024

Mark Steyn appeals hockey stick verdict -Corrected

Climate bully Michael Mann, with mixed results, has been suing those who criticize his “hockey stick” graph of climate history. This 1998 graph purported to show that global temperature was stable until about 1900 when human-induced warmi...

January 17, 2024

The 14th Amendment’s History Militates Against Colorado’s Ruling Against Trump

A doctrine used once in December 1868 to make sure that former Confederate President Jefferson Davis never held office again has been revived to justify removing former U.S. President Donald Trump’s name from the ballot of the Colorado Republic...

October 15, 2021

COVID-19 -- Who benefits?

When a Roman magistrate investigated a crime, he asked, Cui bono — who benefits?  It turns out that when it comes to COVID-19, lots of people and institutions benefit. Perhaps the most startling aspect of the COVID s...

October 11, 2021

NASA’s high-orbit telescope will study the origin of stars and galaxies

With so many institutions failing us, it is a surprise to find a part of the federal government that more-or-less works: NASA’s space exploration program. In February, the agency’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter returned spec...

October 7, 2021

Time for Taiwan to get nuclear weapons

President Joe Biden has diplomats around the world scratching their heads over his newly announced commitment to the “Taiwan agreement” with China, a previously unknown accommodation. Biden responded to recent Chinese fighter sorties n...

October 6, 2021

The Future Of Power Generation

The current consensus on energy and climate is both unserious and incoherent. Burning fossil fuels is said to be responsible for global warming due to carbon dioxide emissions. Although nuclear power is a carbon-free energy solution, much of the publ...

September 30, 2021

The mother of real estate bubbles looms in China

You don't have to spend much time in China to notice the mystifying glut of half-built apartment complexes, neighborhoods, and even ghost cities.  There are certainly legitimate residences getting built, but the buildings I have in mind...

September 26, 2021

Late night TV unites against climate change

With seven late-night TV hosts abandoning comedy for “Climate Night“ (Sept. 22), the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reporting that the Earth is on a “catastrophic pathway,” and over 200 medical...

September 2, 2021

Vietnam misses Trump as it struggles with China

While U.S. pundits see Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to Hanoi as a way for her to get out of town and avoid awkward questions, the Chinese media responded with sharp commentary accusing her of inciting Vietnam against China.  For...

September 1, 2021

Vietnam's war on COVID-19

Is there a military solution to COVID-19?  Under Directive 16, issued on July 16, southern Vietnam may soon find out.  Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, as everyone still calls it, is cordoned off and under curfew from 6 P.M. to 6 A.M....