Will 2019 See Climate Maturity?

#Global Warming

Innocent news consumers may be impressed to learn that Germany has reduced carbon-dioxide emissions by 27% since 1990. This is the standard the German government itself has employed, and it has been glibly endorsed by many news organizations.…

Welcher Staat soll’s denn sein?

#Politics #EU

Wir erleben derzeit so etwas wie ein Endspiel beim europäischen State-Building. Die Karten werden neu gemischt, mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen. So steht denn auch beim EU-Rahmenvertrag für die Eidgenossenschaft mehr auf dem Spiel als wirtschaftlicher Wohlstand oder direkte Demokratie.…

Parsing the Gender Pay Gap

#Sexsism

Progressives claim that the pay difference between men and women is caused by sexism that government must redress. But a new study offers compelling evidence that the choices and priorities of women account for much of the disparity.…

The Most Warming Winter Stew

#Recipes

HOT LINKS Cured and air-dried Spanish-style chorizo provides satisfying chewy bites in this hearty stew.…

‘It’s a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico.’ 250,000 Dead. 37,400 Missing.

#Crime #Mexico

EL FUERTE, Mexico—One recent day, a line of grieving mothers armed with picks and shovels worked their way across a muddy field looking for Mexico’s dead and missing, their own children among them.…

Erdogan, der «neue Saladin» | NZZ

#Islam

Die Al-Kuds-Kampagne der Türkei ist ein weiterer Beleg für deren fortschreitenden Wandel hin zum Islamismus. Der Schulterschluss mit Hamas-Ideologen, die Selbstmordattentate befürworten, gehört dazu.…

The Long Struggle for Supremacy in the Muslim World

#Islam

In the wake of Mr. Khashoggi’s killing, Mr. Erdogan proclaimed that Turkey “is the only country that can lead the Muslim world.…

U.N. Ignores Economics Of Climate

#Global Warming

Yale professor William Nordhaus speaks in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 8. Photo: michelle mcloughlin/Reuters…

On Climate, Listen to the Nobel

#Global Warming

Paul Romer, co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Economics, speaks in New York, Oct. 8. Photo: Richard Drew/Associated Press…