All of us are limited in our time and concentration, and over the last couple of weeks I've been heavily focused on the Middle East tinderbox and other military conflicts. So although I'd heard something about the large public protests in Paris and other French urban centers, I hadn't paid much attention to them, nor...

Prior to the disruptions of the current Iran War, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) had spent more than a half-century as the world's leading oil exporter. That crucial economic role and the vast gusher of wealth thus generated had established KSA as one of the most important countries in the world. The Middle East...

The Russian war against Ukraine is now halfway through its fifth year, rapidly approaching the length of World War II. The European NATO countries have become more and more heavily drawn into that conflict, which many observers believe has already cost more than a million lives. Although the NATO leaders had initially been quite cautious...

Last week I published an article on the AI dangers that we faced. Although I was quite skeptical of the widespread warnings that super-intelligent AI systems might exterminate humanity, I saw considerable risks of a financial collapse of the AI industry, perhaps dragging down the entire American economy. A recent front-page story in the Wall...