Three decades ago, author Steve Toulmin published a book in which he argued that the cosmopolis constitutes the true “agenda of modernity.” But across the planet today, the cosmopolitan ideal is under attack from both the nationalist Right and the intersectional Left.
California’s deficit soars to $73 billion, as a tech boom in artificial intelligence enriches big tech, but may not create as many jobs as it destroys.
Most political coverage in America revolves around personalities, stratagems, and the cultural issues that appeal to the activist class in both parties. Yet the real determinant in 2024 will not be abortion, “systemic racism,” gender fluidity, or climate change, but deepening class divides.
Any effort to restore San Francisco’s appeal will need more than an infusion of vulture capital. The city’s problems are essentially demographic and political, and have transformed San Francisco from an icon to a disaster zone, particularly as workers opt for remote work.
Climate change reparations will likely harm middle and working classes who will foot the bill, even though it is the wealthy and privileged who generate most carbon emissions.
In Canada, as in the U.S., school curricula are becoming increasingly politicized and decolonized universities increasingly work to undermine and divide nations.
Biden’s approach to fossil fuel policy may hurt America, with energy playing a major role in geopolitics and economics for the nation.
Gavin Newsom turned the California Dream into a woke nightmare with policies that have disproportionately hurt working class and middle class families.
At a time when the western world desperately needs some backbone, Canada seems to be swaying. It appears to have moved away from its long-term commitment to protect our now wobbling western civilization.
Americans, with little help from government, are reinventing themselves and boosting their prospects by settling in less expensive, less regulated regions where rents and house prices are more affordable.
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