14+ hour, 13+ min ago   (337+ words) It also tells me that Trump is in deep trouble with his electorate over diesel prices, which affect commodity prices generally, and that he is desperate. According to a late August Reuters/ Ipsos opinion poll, nearly half of respondents say…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (335+ words) Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what he called “the narrows.” We would now say “chokepoints.” The United…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (481+ words) This decision will be followed by several other countries. Last September, Britain together with several other European countries and Canada recognized the state of Palestine. Today, Miliband said that eleven countries, including France, Canada, Spain and Poland, will implement the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (429+ words) ( Tom Engelhardt Substack ) – Honestly, I don’t think we really get it yet. Let’s face it. It’s going to be hot, hot, hot. Or do I mean hotter, hotter, hotter, or even hottest, hottest, hottest, or someday, for all we know,…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (860+ words) By Bamo Nouri, City St George’s, University of London and Inderjeet Parmar, City St George’s, University of London Tehran has also announced it is preparing to sign an agreement with Oman which would establish a new corridor through the Strait…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (488+ words) Rich or poor, sick or healthy, old or young, no matter where you live, everyone should have high-quality health care. Nancy J. Altman | In the early morning hours of December 4, 2024, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was gunned down outside the Hilton Hotel…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (411+ words) Ironically, the Mercator maps probably misled Trump, who is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, into thinking that Greenland is significant enough to go to war with Europe over. As a historian of the Global South, I have long…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (656+ words) By Mingming Cheng, Curtin University and Peta Ashworth, Curtin University (The Conversation) – Australia’s energy transition has never been more urgent. Aging coal-fired power stations are retiring and energy bills are rising sharply. To address this, the obvious solution is to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (816+ words) ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Dwight Hua’s roommate knocked on his door at 5:30 a.m. on May 22, saying there was a notice for nearly 50,000 people in their city of Garden Grove, California, to evacuate due to the danger of a deadly chemical explosion…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (711+ words) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told Fox News (8/8/26; Time, 8/13/26) that El-Sayed and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are “Islamists”: “They want Sharia law, they hate Jews, they hate Christians, they hate capitalism, they hate America.” President Trump got in on…...