https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/24/the-world-has-never-been-better/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:15:35 -0400<![CDATA[As this columnist has pointed out here before, in The End of Politics, World Peace is breaking out. This is obscured by media reportage focusing on carnage. And yet the peace, which is real, represents a brisk tailwind for the forces of small “l” liberal small “r” republican governance — and a headwind for the Big Government/Dark Side of the Force crowd. As The Spectator puts it, bringing billions of souls out of extreme poverty “did not merit an official announcement, presumably because it was not achieved by any government scheme but by the pace of global capitalism.” World Prosperity, as well as Peace, is emerging: “a golden age.”]]>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:40:19 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/24/the-world-has-never-been-better-n98565