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Having lost a host of entries through a browser crash, we’re feeling touched by absurdity, and so we begin with this from Taiwanese Animators: AT&T buys DirecTV for $48.5 billion: Monopoly Media Mergers Edition Program notes: AT&T announced...

From Ian: How to Spot a Fake Siege I can’t help noticing that the “siege of Gaza” has largely disappeared from the headlines. I’d like to think it’s because, having finally seen what a real siege looks like in Syria, many well-meaning folks who used...

“It is going to be so easy.” Those were the words candidate Donald Trump used in October, imagining a future where he, as president, would replace the Affordable Care Act with something “great.” In reality, no presidency is easy—the office’s unique...

The odds favour a difficult year ahead by Richard Cluver It is customary at this time for writers to try and probe the future, listing the hurdles and pitfalls that lie ahead and, hopefully the green shoots of promise that might offer better times...

In his new book, The Human City, Joel Kotkin looks at the ways cities succeed or fail in terms of how their residents are best served. Here’s a tour of some past models. Throughout history, urban areas have taken on many functions, which have often...