Day: July 2, 2022

Rewilding and the Future of Humankind

Restoring our proper relationship with the natural world, it must be asserted, does not entail a retreat from nature, but a renewed immersion in its mystery and a humble submission to its laws.

Rewilding and the Future of Humankind

Rewilding and the Future of Humankind

Restoring our proper relationship with the natural world, it must be asserted, does not entail a retreat from nature, but a renewed immersion in its mystery and a humble submission to its laws.

July 2, 2022
First Step: China Starts Dollar Takedown

First Step: China Starts Dollar Takedown

Introducing the Renminbi Liquidity Arrangement (RLA), which is aimed squarely at supplanting the dollar.

July 2, 2022
Tunisia May Remove the Reference to Islam From its Constitution

Tunisia May Remove the Reference to Islam From its Constitution

President Saied is drawing the outlines of the beginning of secularism in Tunisia, unusual in Islamic lands where temporal power and spiritual power tend to merge.

EU Ministers Agree on Sweeping Environmental Package

EU Ministers Agree on Sweeping Environmental Package

Despite resistance from Germany, the ministers aligned with the EU Parliament’s recent resolution to ban the sale of combustion engines in the block in 2035.

July 2, 2022
Germany Reactivates Coal Plants to Save Gas for Winter

Germany Reactivates Coal Plants to Save Gas for Winter

With German gas reserves at a precariously low level for winter, Germany has decided to continue shunning nuclear energy, and has opted to reactivate coal plants.

July 2, 2022
Northern Ireland: Police Drop Investigation of Comedian over Joke

Northern Ireland: Police Drop Investigation of Comedian over Joke

While some—the comedian in question included—might want to brush it off as a humorous episode, how it reflects the current state of free speech in the UK is decidedly not funny.