Reclaiming the Pursuit of Happiness
A reminder on the Declaration’s 250th anniversary of the lack of freedom due to poverty and wealth inequality.
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Michael Hudson: Geopathology and the Econopathology Behind it
How pervasive behavioral disorders among what passes for elites are destructive not just to the social order but ultimately to them too.
Read more...Coffee Break: Theology at Work in the World, Eugenics Is Still Undead, Science Is Still Under Attack, and Ultra-Processed Foods in the Dock
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 […]
Read more...Is Artificial Intelligence Social Evolution and Progress?
AI benefits are predicated on social progress. However, while societies constantly change, it is not always for the better
Read more...Fox News Defines Most Americans as Anti-American
Fox News brands the majority of Americans as official enemies, echoing extra-legal ““domestic terrorism organizations” in Trump’s NSPM-7.
Read more...How Propaganda and False Information Are Undermining Humanitarian Work
How the post-truth era makes it harder for humanitarian organizations to build trust, protect civilians, and save lives.
Read more...A Food Philosophy for Our Time?
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 […]
Read more...Building Fairer Cities: New Insights From Mohenjo-daro
New insight reveals that inequality was low in one of South Asia’s first cities and that it decreased as its citizens prospered.
Read more...Coffee Break: Ancient Art, the Return of Analog, Science in Distress, and Death Is for Losers
Part the First: Functional Art from the Enigmatic Daunians. William Morris famously wrote, “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” Of course, his beauty in response to the immiseration of the working class was for the English rich but nothing is perfect. Our old […]
Read more...Satyajit Das: Book Essay: In Western Eyes – A History of the idea of the West
A treatise on what the idea of the West falls short on synthesis but still provides good grist for discussion.
Read more...A Short History of Sportswriting: The Clues Are on the Billionaires’ Scorecards
A retrospective on US sportswriting, with a focus on class warfare.
Read more...Who Do Members of the Military Serve?
A Memorial Day look at a military recruitment crisis in a country being feasted on by transnational capital.
Read more...Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021
Private equity’s expansion into housing comes at the same time as Americans are increasingly struggling to afford rent.
Read more...Coffee Break: The Furies are Coming for US
Today’s Coffee Break on a holiday weekend in the US is the simple recommendation that you go straight to this long essay in Front Porch Republic by W. Aaron Vandiver of Carbondale, Colorado: Trump and the Furies of Empire –– Trump, in his crude way, is forcing us to confront the false stories we have […]
Read more...Establishment Democrats Still Don’t Get Why They Lost in 2024
Democrats can’t face that they don’t have a message because having one with broad appeal would alienate too many powerful factions.
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