But no, really. The facts are on the side of optimism. Many trend lines are upward and to the right Take, for example, the standard of living in much of the world. The World Bank estimates that the global extreme poverty rate was 43% in 1985. It's now less than 9%. That's extraordinary progress over the past 40 years ' largely thanks to capitalism and global trade. Millennials on track to become wealthiest generation. Guess what? Millennials are now financially better off than baby boomers were at the same age, and they're on track to become the wealthiest generation in human history. You know who is likely to surpass them? Their children. read more
Even before the Ivy League upheavals of the past two years, Jewish students had been slowly drifting away from the elite campuses of the Northeast. Now, as some seek respite from the protest movement that erupted after the Israeli response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion of southern Israel, the drift has become more like"sorry"an exodus. And selective colleges outside the Northeast, sensing an intensifying disdain for Ivy League schools among Jewish teens and their parents, are tripping over one another to recruit these students. read more
Where it will get interesting is in COMUSAFE's traditional role as the commander of NATO Air Command. as a 3*, he will be equivalent rank to his Deputy Commander, and lower ranked than many of his NATO subordinate commanders. I wouldn't be surprised if NATO assigned the AIRCOM Command Billet to someone from another nation.