The world was busy this week, and here at Via Meadia we are doing our best to keep up. Here are some highlights:An essay on 21st century Hamiltonianism, The Age of Hamilton looked at how different traditions in American politics can work together to transform our social model. The synthesis of Hamiltonianism and social democracy […]

Like everyone who checks Instapundit on a regular basis, I come across all kinds of interesting news; yesterday Glenn offered a link to this National Review Online post by David French where one learns that young unmarried evangelicals are behaving very much like other unmarried young people.  80 percent of them are sexually active, compared to […]

“Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?” asks the voice of God from out of the whirlwind in the Book of Job (38:2). This week the answer would be Newt Gingrich, whose sloppy and misleading comment that the Palestinians are an “invented” people set off predictable reactions of outrage and mockery. Where […]

What’s well known is that China keeps about two thirds of its enormous monetary reserve in US dollars.  What’s less well known is that China’s sovereign wealth fund, organized to diversify China’s portfolio into higher yielding assets, is also heavily invested in the US.In fact, according this Bloomberg report, China currently has 60 percent of […]

The long retreat of the global green movement continues, with new news about the collapse in public concern about climate in Britain.In 2007 19 percent of those asked told British pollsters that climate change was one of the most important problems in the world.  These days, despite unremitting green efforts to publicize the view that […]

The dramatic events of the last 36 hours in Europe may represent a historic turning point — or they may not.  A couple of things seem clear: the latest agreement has neither saved the euro nor resolved the standoff between Germany and France, and British diplomacy seriously miscalculated the political mood among its partners.As for […]

According to a recent Bloomberg poll, 61 percent of global investors see big trouble ahead for China. Here’s the story: Most global investors predict China will face a banking crisis within the next five years, paring their appetite for the nation’s shares and eroding confidence in its leadership, a Bloomberg Global Poll indicated.Sixty-one percent of respondents […]

Will Facebook bring down India?Of course not, but the Indian government seems to think differently, and has requested sites like Facebook and Google remove content that says cutting and wounding things about the government. Apparently, New Delhi believes that Facebook groups called “We hate Sonia Gandhi” or “Manmohan Singh is a puppet of Sonia Gandhi” […]

Several weeks after a political blitz through South and East Asia, Washington is seeking to reassure Chinese leaders that the US is not looking for an Asian cold war, not trying to contain China, and does not view China as an adversary. The WSJ has the story: Michèle Flournoy, the under secretary of defense for […]

We are well into Advent, the four weeks before Christmas in which believers prepare for the holiday.  To help you begin to get into the spirit of the season, here is a link to a YouTube performance of “The Little Drummer Boy” by Sean Quigley.  (h/t: Small Dead Animals, a blog from the Great White […]