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Part the First: The Sabotage of American Science.  For much of the past forty years I have been in the “business” of writing grant proposals and/or doing research that has been publicly funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.  This includes work supported by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and […]

Today's Iran war post: Trump would have us believe that his 39th "deal is nigh" promise means it is about to happen.

The Hejaz Railway's modern revival points to pan-Islamic unity and a new security architecture amid a crumbling Middle Eastern order.

Today's Iran war news: Trump looks hopelessly mired in Iran due to his emotional instability and denialism. Billions will pay the price.

This weekend POTUS Donald Trump is hosting the Ultimate Fighting Championship on the White House lawn in a zeitgeist defining event, aired live on the Ellison family's Paramount+ streaming service.

Today's Iran war news: The laughably bad pretext for the latest attacks on Iran indicates the US will not abandon this conflict any time soon

Israel's pursuit of security buffer zones reflects a rational response to decades of military threats, terrorism, and geographic vulnerability. Yet tactical success does not necessarily produce strategic success. As hostile forces regenerate beyond new frontiers, long-range weapons diminish the value of territorial depth, and regional powers react to expanding security perimeters, buffer defense may become increasingly costly and less effective.

"The US should be careful what it wishes for in Cuba."

The Democratic party establishment is neither feckless nor helpless when it comes to crushing opponents to its left, like Senate candidate Graham Platner.

Today's Iran war update: Iran and Israel exchange attacks rapidly as Trump blusters and the AI meltdown accelerates in global markets

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Part the First: Pope Leo XIV and the Larger World.  Of the academic historians currently writing for both their colleagues and students and the general reader, Greg Grandin is among the finest.  In The Education of Pope Leo XIV he places the former Father Bob Prevost and current Pope Leo XIV in context of our […]

Today's Iran war news: The US-Iran impasse is undeniable to everyone ex Team Trump as Israel balks and the oil cliff comes ever closer.

AI benefits are predicated on social progress. However, while societies constantly change, it is not always for the better

Today's Iran war update: Iran punched back harder than the US expected in the latest exchange, but Israel still refuses to stop war-making.

Centrist Dems likely won in California, but Trump and Schumer both lost in Iowa and Dem hacks turn on Graham Platner.

Today's Iran war update: The kinetic war is heating up as the US keeps demanding things of Iran that Iran has already rejected.

WORDPRESS EXCERPT Drone warfare is transforming the economics of military power. Cheap autonomous systems built from globally scaled civilian technologies are eroding the traditional monopoly on precision strike capability once held by major powers. As persistent surveillance, attritable attack systems, and rapid adaptation reshape the battlefield, military advantage may shift away from major powers dependent on high cost systems in favor of those who adopt low-cost distributed defenses.

As in Gaza, where genocide and ethnic cleansing continue, the media reports on “ceasefires” in Lebanon , ignoring Israeli massacres of civilians.

My goodness, why are so many billionaires, the overwhelming majority of whom do not vote in Maine, so eager to see Graham Platner lose?

FIFA hopes that this year's expanded tournament will be the most spectacular -- and lucrative -- yet. However, there's a lot standing in the way of that happening.

Is there any way back from the extreme concentration of power in societies across the world?

Putin cleared his throat to smack down the idea that Russia should seek to mix things up with NATO.

Older men show less cognitive decline if they keep working. Does this finding apply only to paid jobs or would charity roles be salutary too?

A billionaire bunker in a notorious sex trafficking hub backed by Persian Gulf money, Zionists, Epstein pals, US spooks, and the mob. Does something smell fishy?

Proof of eroding rights: new legislation is necessary to shore up the First Amendment right to record, typically of officials behaving badly.

That halt of hostilities did not last long.1 I expected Israel to defy Trump and again strike Lebanon, but did not expect it to happen this fast, as within the same news cycle in which Trump claimed he told Israel that it was on its own if it hit Lebanon again and incredibly tried denying […]

Yet more on why you should hate data centers.

The US is now effectively gatekeeper to EU energy supplies running through the Caspian and Black Sea regions, and hardly anyone in power seems to mind.

Chariots of Fire is a story of personal determination and the quest for victory.

How pervasive behavioral disorders among what passes for elites are destructive not just to the social order but ultimately to them too.

Are bitcoin and crypto, followed by semiconductors and AI, proving Mark Twain right, that manias don't repeat but they rhyme?

This may partly explain Peter Thiel's recent decision to temporarily relocate to Argentina.

Fox News brands the majority of Americans as official enemies, echoing extra-legal "“domestic terrorism organizations" in Trump’s NSPM-7.

It is no secret that most countries in Asia will be hard by the energy crunch. What can they do?

How the post-truth era makes it harder for humanitarian organizations to build trust, protect civilians, and save lives.

It is clear that in much of the so-called developed world, food has largely lost its meaning beyond nourishment.  Julian Baggini has written about this, ten years ago in The Virtues of the Table, which is especially useful in considering how and why we eat.  More recently Baggini has expanded his range in How the […]

Trump has been forced into a retreat after a $1.8 billion fund for insurrectionists was a grift too far.

R. C. J. Cranstoun spoke with Michael Hudson on debt, rentierism, and the geopolitical rift around sanctions, energy, and the dollar system

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Quelle surprise! Junk food often contains a lot of less-than-healthy additives.

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Amazon is engaged in a tooth and nail fight to beat a New York City bill to end its use of contractors to escape liability for labor abuses.

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A look at the global food system focusing on the role of breadbaskets. Many disconcerting parallels to global financial crisis risks.

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MAHA touts are in denial that their support for meat-eating is tantamount to support for factory farming.

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A reminder on the Declaration’s 250th anniversary of the lack of freedom due to poverty and wealth inequality.

Central bankers look to make a bad problem worse by trying to ensure wages and prices stay down even as energy costs rise.

A deep dive into the history of US-Russia relations.

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RFK Jr. wants to go fishing in medical records to substantiate debunked theories about autism and vaccines. What could go wrong?

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Europe expects annual energy price increases to hit 11% in May. What happens when the oil cliff fully kicks in?

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Another warning that the deceptive calm in the commodity markets is not set to last.

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