The Covid pandemic severely disrupted schools, commerce, and public and private services of every description. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the West's focus on the "manmade climate crisis" continue to drive energy and food prices ever higher.
Western energy, healthcare and national security policies are increasingly exposed as weak, confused and feckless. In Europe they are hugely exacerbated by the needs of millions of Ukrainian refugees trying to escape Vladimir Putin's brutality by fleeing to Europe, the UK, America, Turkey and Israel.
Practical solutions are essential. But we don't have to address or solve this or any entire crisis with one approach. Successful interventions can come in small, inexpensive, incremental packages, rather than massive government programs, prohibitively expensive prescription-only drugs, or total transformations of our energy and economy.