Monthly Archives: April 2026

When will it happen? When will a sudden loss of polar ice cause sea levels to rise rapidly, not by millimetres but by metres? That’s the multi-trillion dollar question that should be keeping the world’s policymakers up at night, but … Continue reading →

A fine joke about prejudice I heard a Jewish New Yorker (political writer David Rothkopf) tell on YouTube last week goes like this: Two old friends, one Jewish, the other Chinese, are chatting on a Central Park bench. The Jew … Continue reading →