Mark Zuckerberg wax figure at Madame Tussaud's

Smartphone Slavery

President Mark Zuckerberg. Your lips better get used to mouthing that name. The King of Facebook has been traveling across the country, visiting quaint locals, quietly laying the groundwork for a future political run. Zuck isn"€™t stupid. He saw the effect social media had in landing Donald ...

The Crude Shall Inherit the Earth

The confluence of factors that landed Donald Trump in the White House was something we are not likely to see again for some time. Somehow, angst over low-skilled-job loss, a widely divided candidate field, and an arrogant political establishment deaf to the troubles of the electorate all came ...

Ideological Tug-of-War

And all at once, a sigh of relief could be heard in boardrooms across the globe. The French presidential election ended not with a bang, or a whimper, but beads of perspiration being wiped off the brows of the global economy's biggest winners. Emmanuel Macron, a former investment banker and ...

Elites at War

President Trump's first 100 days are in the history books. So, what did we get, besides bunches of lousy MAGA hats? The quick answer: It depends on whom you ask. The New Yorker editor David Remnick authored a blistering takedown of Trump's first 100 in his magazine. Laden with enough ...

Polling Station, Strasbourg

Liberalism’s Failure

The first round of the French presidential election is done, and the results are monumental. A new president hasn"€™t been decided, but the political realignment launched by Brexit, expanded by Donald Trump, and brought to the fore by nationalist uprisings all throughout Europe came fully into ...