The Best and Worst of 2024
One thing for certain is that President Trump is a great friend of Israel and has declared that he not only wants American-Israeli hostages back, he wants them all given back.
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Property, Ownership and the Foundations of Patriotism
Over the last 50 years, surveys in the US and Australia show a rising unwillingness to fight for one’s nation, especially among youth – from 20–30 per cent in the 1980s/1990s to 50–70 per cent in the 2020s. This decline mirrors plummeting home ownership rates among young people.
Wrong: This Isn’t a Mystery
Until the vibes change and motherhood again is presented as a deeply pleasurable and meaningful experience, young women and men will continue to choose the gym and lie-ins over the deep joy of creating new life. Shame.
UK Study Undermines CO2 Claims
The authors argue that these patterns raise questions about the assumption that human-produced CO2 is the dominant driver of global temperature change.
Dickens the Man
To be sure, his daughter Katey was correct: Dickens was a wicked man – a very wicked man.
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Reform To Take on Khan
Laila Cunningham pledges to wage “all-out war” on crime, scrap the hated Ulez scheme and automate Tube trains to end the strikes.
What the Stats Say
Estimates suggest climate-related disasters killed around 50 times more people a century ago, and in the 1870s the death toll was almost 10 times higher again, underscoring the long-term decline in climate disaster mortality.
