The unanimous decision classifies submetering companies as utilities, meaning they are now subject to the same state regulations as traditional utility companies under the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, or PUCO.
Violent unreason still has its days in the sun. The post Is the Witchcraft Mania Really Behind Us? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Is the Witchcraft Mania Really Behind Us? Violent unreason still has its days in the sun. TakiMag Since I buy books faster than I read them, they accumulate on my shelves. I never buy a book without intending to read it, but often it has to wait for years before it is so honored, and at my death there will be many that remain undeservedly unread. It must be 30 years at least, and probably nearer forty, since I bought a copy of the second edition, published in 1831, of Sir Walter Scott’s Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft. Finally, for the sake of a book that I was writing, I read it; and I finished it with a growing admiration for Scott’s humanity, humor, wisdom, learning, and insight into human psychology. Scott is one…Open
The “grooming gangs” framing has obscured that black-market commercial element of child abuse. The post The Grooming Gangs’ Unexamined Organized Crime Angle appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage The Grooming Gangs’ Unexamined Organized Crime Angle The “grooming gangs” framing has obscured that black-market commercial element of child abuse. UK Special Coverage (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images) In March this year , trading standards officers in the West Midlands town of Dudley closed down a number of “rogue” businesses, mostly mini-marts and vape shops, due to links to organized criminal gangs. Their priority criterion was not tax evasion or counterfeit goods. It was the grooming threat to children. The shops are staffed by a continuous flow of migrant workers, including men from Kurdistan and Afghanistan, many of whom arrived in the “Boriswave” of migration, the surge of non-EU immigration…Open
Doha’s careful balancing act has been threatened by severe security and economic challenges. The post Qatar’s Calculus Amid the Iran War appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Qatar’s Calculus Amid the Iran War Doha’s careful balancing act has been threatened by severe security and economic challenges. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP via Getty Images) As a small but extremely gas-rich country surrounded by larger neighbors with a history of tense rivalries, Qatar has long depended on stability and careful geopolitical balancing to secure its prosperity. Yet in the past ten months, and especially since February 28, 2026, Doha has been drawn unwillingly into regional conflagration, facing missile and drone attacks that have severely disrupted its aviation, banking, shipping, tourism, and other critical sectors, as well as an Israeli strike in September 2025 on a busy residential neighborhood. A…Open