Author Archives: Conor Gallagher

Links 7/14/2023

Germany Unveils Strategy to “De-Risk” from China

Plan is short on details as Berlin says it wants to coordinate its policy with the EU, which wants to coordinate its policy with Washington.

Promising Assisted Reproductive Technologies Come With Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges – A Developmental Biologist and a Bioethicist Discuss IVF, Abortion and the Mice With Two Dads

New assisted reproductive technologies are creating ethical dilemmas.

June 2023 Was the World’s Warmest June on Record

The month featured unprecedented Canadian heat and wildfires, record-low Antarctic sea ice, and a strengthening El Niño.

Links 7/12/2023

Book Review: Richard Vague, “The Paradox of Debt”

And why finding reforms to our current economic system is a Sisyphean task.

As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending

A state court, citing “eye-popping” executive compensation, strikes down a hospital’s property tax break and strikes fear into the nonprofit hospital industry across the US.

Links 7/10/2023

Underestimate Russia at Your Own Risk: A Comparison of Hubris by Germany During WWII and Today’s Collective West

The miscalculations by Berlin in the second world war and Washington/NATO today are eerily similar.

Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl

Juan Cole examines the US climate change crimes against Iraq and how the neocon’s destructive foreign adventures are increasingly as if the US is invading itself.

The Impact of Brexit on the UK economy: Reviewing the Evidence

Two-thirds of the British public think Brexit has damaged the economy, and all indications are that they’re right. Where does the UK go from here?

Links 7/9/2023

Turkiye Refuses to Back Down on Sweden Accession Ahead of NATO Summit

Will the West give Erdogan what he wants?

Kakhovka Dam Breach in Ukraine Caused Economic, Agricultural and Ecological Devastation That Will Last for Years

Ukrainian yields had already fallen by as much as 60 percent. With the loss of the dam and reservoir, agricultural production will shrink further, affecting food security around the world.