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The 2010s: The Decade in Review

It's December of 2019, so you know what that means: We've arrived at that special time when newsletter writers start penning their "Decade in Review" articles and pedants vainly contend that, "aKtUAlLy, the new decade doesn't start until 2021!" So let's ignore the...

The Saudi Aramco IPO: What You Need to Know

After years of teasing, the moment has finally arrived: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (hereinafter dubbed "MbS" or "the Clown Prince") has announced the Saudi government's intention to float a stake in Saudi Aramco. As you no doubt already know...

How to Worship Your Government

"The President of the United States is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven." Thus spake Pat Robertson during the recent brouhaha over Syria, where the unthinkable notion that the US might actually pull out of a war zone instead of sending more troops in began to...

Upon Meeting A Friend for the First Time

It's hard to believe that I've been collaborating with James Evan Pilato on New World Next Week—our weekly news update series—for 10 years now. It's even harder to believe that, after all these years of talking about a real-world meet up with James, it finally came to...

The World’s Largest (Democratic!) Biometric Prison

Whenever they talk about India and its "inevitable" rise to world economic dominance, establishment hacks like Thomas "Iraq War booster" Friedman always seem compelled to note that the country is "the world's largest democracy." They might want to talk to the...