Hot Air
Will people actually use restaurant “subscription” programs?
The restaurant business in the United States is clearly doing better than it was under the disastrous, government-imposed lockdowns during the pandemic, but it still hasn't recovered to pre-2020 levels. Many eateries…
Top Republican contenders head to Club for Growth’s donor retreat … except Trump
The Club for Growth, a leading conservative campaign group, will host a donor retreat in Palm Beach, Florida this weekend. Most of the 2024 potential or declared Republican candidates are invited and will be there, all except…
Corporate DEI roles are being phased out at a rapid rate
In the summer of 2020 after the murder of George Floyd a lot of things happened all at once. There were protests and riots and a sudden demand for defunding the police. And corporations were desperate to signal their approval…
US Treasury Secretary goes to Ukraine to visit US treasure
Janet Yellen is visiting Ukraine.Read More
The collapse of South Africa
With so many things going to pieces all around the world these days, it can be difficult to keep track of them all. Particularly when so much of the global news media's attention is riveted on the war in Ukraine, other…
Closing a US Jeep plant, Stellantis shifts EV production to Canada
It's going to be a dreary day tomorrow, in Belvidere, Illinois. The big, old automotive plant there, that had been running for sixty years and had been the sole home of the Jeep Cherokee since 2017, will see its last…
Biden administration loses another senior adviser
Joe Biden's administration has remained pretty stable during his term in office. At least, so far. His term hasn't been marked by frequent departures by cabinet members or top officials and advisers. Most of them…
No math was involved in San Francisco’s reparations plan to grant black residents $5 million each
In January San Francisco's African American Reparations Advisory Committee (AARAC) released it's plan for making things right. The big headline to come out of the plan was a reparations payment of $5 million to each…
Absolutely nothing the US does about CO2 will offset China’s coal buildup
China is by far the world's largest producer of solar panels, at 51 GW/year in production.Read More
Russia finally responds to China’s peace plan
Last week, China jumped into the Ukrainian war debate with a 12-point proposal for a peace plan. (Before almost immediately turning around and saying they were in discussions to provide lethal aid to Russia.) It took a couple…