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From Trump vs. Musk to Trump vs. California

The craziest part of the relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is not that it fell apart so quickly, but that it came about at all. Since the 1980s, Trump has been running around talking about the beauty of tariffs, whereas Elon Musk and other (often libertarian) tech billionaires are dreaming of a night watchman state (Nachtwächterstaat) offering free trade; incidentally,...

Apr 03, 2019 at 20:48 1972
The Turkish opposition is alive

Surprise, surprise. The Turkish opposition is alive. If President Erdogan should really lose the capital Ankara AND his hometurf city of Istanbul, it could signal the beginning of his...

Apr 02, 2019 at 15:26 7695
A history of The Connaught

The history of The Connaught begins in 1815: Napoleon was definitively defeated and George III was King (1760-1820) of the ever more powerful British Empire. My first stay at the London...

Mar 28, 2019 at 09:14 1270
The hard Brexiteers look weak

The hard Brexiters aka Brexiteers suddenly look weak. Leading Leave supporters such as Boris Johnson changed their view regarding PM Theresa May’s deal and regard it now as the...

Mar 08, 2019 at 14:40 1396
The Global Art Market Report 2019

The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2019 shows that, in 2018, the word’s art market reached its second highest level in a decade, amidst further consolidation at the top...

Mar 02, 2019 at 23:05 1429
The revolt in Algeria has no leader

On February 10, 2019 a press release signed by the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced that he would run for a fifth consecutive term. Many Algerians were upset. On February...