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Massive technological change is coming that will trigger one convulsion after another As much as one finds the inclusive dreams and schemes of utopians other worldly, it would be wise guard against them lest they be imposed on our life and times whether we like it or not.
For example, driverless electric cars are in the offing, perhaps replacing 80 per cent of today's fossil-fuelled cars in 20 or 30 years. The tipping point will likely come when driverless vehicles show themselves to be far more accident-free than cars with drivers. At which point health and safety bureaucrats will demand their adoption despite their expense and impracticality. 
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Setting priorities becomes next task in putting shipping on straight and narrow
One can safely say that of the causes that enjoy the least support among world populists are transgenderism, environmentalism and communism.
Thus, it was no surprise that first-term President Donald Trump had declared America free of the Paris Climate Accords was greeted with thunderous applause by his supporters.
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Circumnavigation of Africa may be an inconvenience, but it's also an opportunity
One big difference in the closure of the Suez Canal today and its closure 55 years ago in the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War, is the very different cargo involved.
In the era that brought us the supertanker, the Cape of Good Hope route of yesteryear brought the gas-guzzling world what it craved most - oil.
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Citizenship sales become a growing trend as people chose to quit one nation for another
As the international migrant crisis makes plain, there are many in the world who would prefer to be the citizen of another country.
Since 2013, Malta has been selling citizenships by running its Individual Investor Programme that grants Maltese citizenship without residency requirements for a payment of EUR1.15 million (US$1.24 million)."
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