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Is it the return of woke?
After sweeping the swing states and winning the popular vote in 2024, Donald Trump took office with a sense that he occupied the center and had dealt the cultural left a grave blow. Non-aligned or heterodox voices in the podcasting world and media had gravitated toward him, alienated by the illiberalism and exotic concerns of contemporary Democrats. Significant elements of Silicon Valley swung his way.
Iran exposes an intolerable US vulnerability
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that "wars are not won by evacuations," and sometimes, he might have added, they are simply embarrassing. The United States hastily flew its B-1 bombers out of RAF Fairford in the U.K. for fear of a potential Iranian drone attack, the latest in a series of successful Iranian operations to crimp U.S. bases, this time more than 2,000 miles away.
The revolt against tariffs
In 2016, Donald Trump's support for tariffs helped propel him to a shocking electoral victory. In 2026, his tariff policy may help tank Republicans in the midterms. This turnabout counts as a surprise of Trump's second term, and an unwelcome one for the president and his party. During his political ascent in 2015-2016, Trump exploited issues where there was a disconnect between popular and elite opinion, and trade was prominent among them.
The book of the year
If "The Golden Thread," the new two-volume history of the Western tradition, landed with a thud, it's a matter of sheer weight. Altogether, about 12 pounds of book and 1,968 pages of text, "The Golden Thread" is a prodigious product -- and an even more prodigious achievement. At a time when Western civilization has been successfully "de-centered" in academia, and Western civ classes relegated to the dustbin of history, the book is a countercultural act.
Will AI destroy humanity?
In the "Terminator" movie series, the artificial-intelligence system known as Skynet is given control of the nation's nuclear weapons and uses it to try to destroy humanity. One reason that apocalyptic scenarios involving AI are implausible is that, having seen how that particular movie ends, we are unlikely to be foolish enough to give AI custody of the most destructive weapons on the planet.
A foolhardy conflict with an inoffensive ally
President Trump's tariffs aren't popular, but he's found a way to make them even less so -- a trade war with America's most inoffensive ally. When one thinks of countries that deserve to be subjected to a steady stream of insults (it's Lake America now, not Lake Ontario) and a punishing regime of tariffs, Canada is far down the list. Ottawa has been a loyal, if occasionally annoying, friend of the United States for nearly 100 years.
Don’t fear Flock cameras
We have met the enemy -- and it is watching us. There's a growing backlash against Flock cameras, the automated license plate readers that have become ubiquitous across the country. The cameras take images of license plates, which are then stored in a searchable database that police departments can query in the course of investigations. Opponents of the cameras consider them an instrument of Big Brother, who's not only watching but constantly recording and tracking.
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