How the Iran conflict will drive gas prices to midterm highs – and why that might accelerate the energy transition Under Biden, high gas prices were a supply-and-demand story largely beyond presidential control: a post-pandemic demand surge colliding with OPEC production discipline and a European energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The price …
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April 2026 The events of January 6th did not emerge from a vacuum. They were the visible output of a years-long process of norm erosion, base hardening, and the mainstreaming of conspiratorial and nationalist grievance — a process that relied heavily on a specific cognitive architecture: the simultaneous denial and acceptance of increasingly radical ideas. …
A Comparative Historical Analysis · May 2026 The cult of personality — the systematic construction of an idealized, quasi-divine public image of a political leader through propaganda, state media, public ritual, and the coercive suppression of dissent — is among the most reliably destructive political phenomena in the historical record. This review surveys its mechanics and consequences across ten …
White nationalism does not survive on confidence. It survives on panic. At its core, the ideology is less a movement than a mood—a chronic, simmering fear that the world is slipping out of grasp. And nowhere is that fear more naked than in its fixation on race, reproduction, and white motherhood. Strip away the slogans …
The images of the US Capital in siege in an attempt to stop the certification of the election is difficult to forget. The horrifying thought that a peaceful transition in power had failed is seared into our memory. As Trump promoted the fantasy of a rigged election and then encouraged people to subvert democracy — …
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I don’t know anything about birds — so, I figured here’s a good way to learn…
Driving in South Africa – Here’s the order of difficulty First time driving in foreign country – France 2016. Thankfully, with a good navigator and a bit of time to work out my nerves, the experience was only mildly traumatic and with additional visits, should be doable – again with a good navigator Driving in …
This guy was not happy to see me. Instead of grazing, this Cape buffulo spent almost 45 minutes trying to behind a tree. Of course, when behind the tree, the animal could not see if I had left, so every few minutes it would peak around the tree to see if I was still there …
Driving in South Africa’s parks is a game sighting endeavor. And for the most part, drivers search the landscape for the so-called big five game (lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo). Like hunting trophies, we search and watch others search to catch glimpses and photos of these animals. To capture an image if a …