Banking on clean energy instead of climate chaos
Congress passing the most ambitious climate bill in U.S. history is cause for celebration, which some estimates say can reduce the country’s emissions by as much as 40 percent. But even with this much-needed breakthrough, the U.S., other countries and the private sector have delayed reducing emission
Read MoreAmerica, are you alright? Asking for the world
America does not only belong to itself. The world, too, is a stakeholder in America’s fate. And so, these days, the world watches America with worry. On every continent, there are thousands of political and business leaders, like me, who gaze upon the United States with admiring eyes. This is not just because history has made America the
Read MoreAfghanistan: An inconsequential anniversary
One year after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, the worst predictions for both Afghanistan and the United States have not happened. It is true that human rights and development under the Taliban have gone backward for many people, mainly urban women and girls, and that Afghanistan’s economy is a shambles. But most of the population is pleased the United States and its allies are gone and
Read MoreUS calls for Navalny's release on second anniversary of his poisoning
The State Department called on Russia to release imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday, the two-year anniversary of him being poisoned with a nerve agent. The department said in a statement that Russian government officers attempted to assassinate Navalny with the nerve agent in Russian territory. Navalny traveled to Germany to receive medical treatment, but he was arrested when he returned to Russia in January 2021 on what the department said were politically motivated charges. “We again condemn Russia’s use of a chemical weapon to poison a
Read MoreSurely the Democrats have a backup plan to Kamala Harris
Between the embarrassing defeat of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), about whom the partisan left couldn’t care less other than to employ her as a tool to hammer Donald Trump, to Hollywood slowly but surely walking away from box office-crushing woke dogma, my reading of the tea leaves tells me that the political ground is shifting around us. Is that shift more to the Republican/conservative right? Some say yes; others will scream no. We’ll soon find out
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