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How Trump looks to close the gap

After the strong indictment during the Democratic National Convention of President Trump's failure to manage the Covid-19 crisis and address the racial divisions in the United States, many Democrats and mainstream media outlets expected the…

Big Tech’s Dickensian Crossroads

The words of Charles Dickens written over a century and a half ago, well before mass electricity and with coal still powering London, are remarkably suitable to the state of the tech sector, and of Western “big tech” players in particular,…

The American-style Covid-19 recession

Between a surge of Covid-19 cases, Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the country, and Donald Trump’s forays into authoritarianism, with national guard and secret police sent into cities to stop protesters, one thing seems to have slipped…