The Jetsons, a sci-fi fantasy family of the 1960s, lived in impossible luxury in 2062. Not only are we not nearing their living standards, we are going in the opposite direction. This column has wondered why, and a recent Supreme Court case has given us the answer. In one of its few good decisions of […]

A Royal Astronomical Society study published in Science Daily on July 9 and presented at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales postulates that solar activity will decline by 60% in the 2030s, producing sunspot minima and a temperature decline similar to that of the “Maunder minimum” that began in 1645. During that period, the […]

This six-part review of David Kynaston’s book on the post-war City of London was published by UPI in 2002. It reflects my own thoughts at that time on why the City changed, and what went wrong. I stand by the analysis in Parts I-V today, but inevitably some (but not all) of the predictions in […]

(10th anniversary reprint of a Golden Oldie from July 11, 2005 — I’m away this week.) Discussion following Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement has centered on her potential successor’s views on abortion and wrongful imprisonment, the two areas in which the Angry Left is most hostile to the George W. Bush administration. Yet […]