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Pierre Poilievre Exits Stage Right – HotAir
The stunning collapse of the Conservative Party's lead in the polls has led to this: The Liberals, having replaced Justin Trudeau with Mark Carney as their leader, are on the cusp of attaining an outright majority…
Can the Abundance Agenda Ever Really Succeed on the Left? – HotAir
Abundance is the title of the book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson which has been making some waves this year. The gist of the book is that if Democrats want to recover from recent failures, especially with the…
UPS and Downs of the Cyclic Package Delivery Industry – HotAir
It looks as if we could well be headed into one. In this instance, it looks like Trump and his tariff war aren't the reason for the news coming out of United Parcel Service (UPS) today. …
100 Days, A Retrospective – HotAir
Ed wrote a piece earlier today about his take on the first 100 days of Trump's second term, and I thought I would throw in my $.02. After all, everyone expects the "First 100 days" piece, even though the…
Uh … Never Mind On Those Tariff Breakouts (Update) – HotAir
Fake news? Trial balloon? Big misunderstanding?At the very least, it sounds like Punchbowl News didn't do enough checking on a "scoop" this morning. Earlier today, the DC-Media-insider site reported that…
40 Years Ago, Denmark Banned Nukes
I find this to be a really fascinating - and encouraging - turnaround.Forty years ago this past March, Denmark banned nuclear power outright and sold their virtue-signalling, collective soul to the Green…
Congress Needs to Act or Trump’s Reforms Will Be More Show Than Dough – HotAir
I am a big fan of DOGE, and even approve of cutting government with a meat axe instead of a scalpel. A decade or two ago, I would have preferred "reform" and a zero-based budget--the idea being that…
How China Threatens and Controls People Abroad – HotAir
China's system of crushing dissent internally through direct threats works pretty well. There's a reason why there are almost never any public protests in China and it's simple. If you protest, China…
What’s Changed — And What Hasn’t – HotAir
One hundred days? In some ways, it feels as though we are 100 years away from the Joe Biden presidency. In others, it feels as though the new administration and Congress have barely gotten started. And for some, it…
Time to Burn It All Down – HotAir
When Democrats are in power, they style themselves Dr. Jekyll; when out of power, they are Mr. Hyde. To be sure, Democrats are not immune to protests from the far left, but in the main, we get lectures about norms and…