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Private jets of the rich conflict with their expressed environmental agendaThomas Hawk, used under CC 2.0 License

America Has An Oedipus Complex

As in Sophocles’s tragedy Oedipus Rex, we are witnessing a generational drama in which inheritors kill their proverbial father to marry marry their mother, in this case Mother Earth. The psychology behind this pattern is above my pay grade, but many of the richest people on the planet, and their heirs, now seem anxious to disparage the economic system that created their fortunes.
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Losing the Midterms may help the GOP return to a more moderate political agendaElvert Barnes, under CC 2.0 License

Why Losing the Midterms Would Be Good for the GOP

Losing the midterms would be good for the GOP, provided it helps the party embrace a more moderate, pragmatic political agenda that is better aligned with the views of the majority of Americans.
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Slowing population growth creates an unexpected future

The Unexpected Future

by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — We are entering an unanticipated reality—an era of slow population growth and, increasingly, demographic decline that will shape our future in profound and unpredictable ways.
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