Remarks to the Centre for Policy Studies in London E&OE At the start of 2020, for most people in most places, life had never been more free, more fair, more safe, and more rich. It might not have been the broad sunlit uplands of the end of history, but it was the best of times…
Originally published in The National Post Taking place in one of the world’s fossil-fuel hubs, a city sultanate so prodigal in its energy use that it boasts indoor ski slopes in the desert furnace, the just-concluded climate jamboree in Dubai could hardly avoid a note of climate realism. Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin…
REMARKS TO JOINT DANUBE INSTITUTE / HERITAGE FOUNDATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION, WASHINGTON DC E&OE Nostalgia for a golden age and lamenting the decline from it is characteristic of conservatives; and that’s not all bad, provided it spurs us to lift our game rather than fold our tents. In the glory days of Reagan and Thatcher, our…