Umair

Umair

Jan
11

American Collapse and the Trump Dictatorship

It was left to Washington DC’s Judge Florence Pan to ask the question heard round the world.“Could a
5 min read
Jan
09

What Kind of Year Will 2024 Be?

What kind of year is 2024 going to be? Let’s kick things off with a bang. “Global economy headed
8 min read
Jan
07

American Democracy Is Committing Suicide

How do democracies die? “President Biden on Friday delivered his first campaign speech of this election year, attempting to define
4 min read
Jan
06

Why We Failed at the Future

As we think about the smoking wreck that’s currently known as “the future,” the fundamental question is: what went
7 min read
Jan
04

Macro Trends: The Great Divergence, or Why the Economy's Gone Haywire

By now, it’s a genre all its own. If the economy’s roaring, why…insert a range of questions
7 min read
Jan
01

Happy New Year! (And a Reflection on a Troubled Age)

Happy…see that? That’s Snowy grinning up at you and wishing a very Happy New Year. So how’s
8 min read
Dec
31

Why the Idea of “Poisoning the Blood” is So Dangerous to Democracy

To the Nazis, I would’ve been a subhuman. Not just because I’m not a member of the “Aryan”
7 min read
Dec
28

Why 2023 Was Such a Terrible Year

There are bad years, and then there are years like 2023. Go ahead and admit it—was it one of
6 min read
Dec
25

A Little Merry Christmas Note

Dear readers, Merry Christmas! No long essay, just a quick note from me—and Snowy! That’s him grinning up
3 min read
Dec
23

Megatrends: The Collapse of Global Democracy

See that pic above? Today we’re going to discuss one of the most important charts in modern history. There
7 min read