Predicting the collapse of a country is like reading between the lines of history, economics, and politics. Some nations, however, are walking on thin ice, where even a small additional burden could lead to their downfall. In this article, we’ll explore 10 countries facing severe risks that could put them on the brink of collapse by 2027. Some of these might surprise you. 1. Lebanon: A country where nothing works anymore Once hailed as the “Switzerland of the […]
Only handful of US Democrats call for release of pro-Palestine studentOnly 14 Democrats in the US Congress have signed a letter calling for the release of Palestinian student-activist and Green Card holder Mahmoud Khalil. Kahlil was detained at Columbia University over leading the 2024 solidarity protests in support of the Gaza Strip. “We are horrified by the recent illegal abduction and now indefinite detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a US legal permanent resident—by Department of Homeland Security agents, and we […]
America is faced with serious problems that require immediate action. Illegal immigrants are committing horrible crimes. “Woke” programs are entrenched in our schools, from elementary schools through universities. Judges are abusing their powers in order to block President Trump from cutting the budget and firing federal employees. Some people respond to this dire situation by demanding more power for the president. We must have government by executive order, they say. Is dictatorship such a terrible word? Not if […]
Colin Grabow Americans would be hard-pressed to find a protectionist law that has inflicted more harm than the outdated Jones Act. Passed in 1920 (with antecedents stretching back to the late 1700s), the law restricts domestic waterborne transport to vessels built in U.S. shipyards and registered under the U.S. flag. Ships that comply with the law are far fewer in number, approximately four times more expensive to operate and four to five times more expensive to build than […]
DoorDash announced on Thursday its partnership with Klarna, a Swedish fintech firm that provides online financial services, to offer a “flexible range of payment options to DoorDash customers.” American DoorDash Marketplace customers can now choose the Klarna option at checkout, which offers three options: Pay in Full, which functions like any other payment processor; Pay in 4, which “allows customers to pay in four equal interest-free installments”; and Pay Later, which “allows customers to defer payments to a […]
Yesterday, more than ninety members of the Harvard Law School faculty issued a statement concerning the rule of law: We are privileged to teach and learn the law with you. We write to you today—in our individual capacities—because we believe that American legal precepts and the institutions designed to uphold them are being severely tested, and many of you have expressed to us your concerns and fears about the present moment. Each of us brings different, sometimes irreconcilable, […]
The Federal Republic has boarded an express train to Green socialist purgatory. There is no other way to describe what is happening here. First, we had the shocking debt brake overhaul, via which the CDU and the SPD signaled their bizarre wish to reprise the hated politics of the traffic light, only in more extreme form. Among other things, this overhaul involved amending the constitution to include the goal of “climate neutrality” by 2045. Leading Greens are now hoping this […]