Shadows Over Brussels and Kiev: Corruption Scandals Challenge Von der Leyen’s Ukraine Agenda
Ursula von der Leyen runs roughshod over accountability and transparency even as Ukraine and her own corruptions scandals loom.
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Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem
AI digital assistants not only do complex tasks on their own, but also lie and scheme. Who takes responsibility when they cause harm?
Read more...Can Sheinbaum Avoid A Death Spiral After the El Mencho Killing?
Why Sheinbaum is likely to find that decapitating cartel leaders is no more likely to succeed than Israeli decapitation has in the Middle East.
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Iran War: More on Why US/Israel Success Impossible as Israel and US Operations Take More Hits, Trump Proposes Unhinged Strait of Hormuz Escort Scheme, Western Media Misinforming Public
The latest updates on the Iran war, from kinetic, economic, and narrative perspectives.
Read more...Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us
The bad incentives that lead health insurers not to balk overmuch at outrageous hospital charges.
Read more...AI and the Distribution of Income Between Capital and Labour
AI is working according to plan, further enriching the owner class at the expense of workers.
Read more...Links 3/3/2026
Iran War: Israel Air Defenses Crumbling, US Base Attacks Continue as Markets Set for Wile E. Coyote Moment
The Iran war situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of the US and Israel.
Read more...Qatar’s LNG Blackout Just Broke the Global Gas Market
More on the global impact of QatarEnergy’s LNG production stoppage and the uncertainty over when it might resume operation.
Read more...Is That New Procedure Proven? MedTech Billing Codes and Evidence-Based Medicine
How Category III CPT codes for new procedures became entangled in a politically driven, zero-sum reimbursement game, to patient detriment.
Read more...Iran War Widens as Iran Attacks Saudi Oil Infrastructure, Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Strikes
A daily update on the Iran war, today focusing on Iran’s attack on Saudi oil assets, the economic war, and kinetic events like F-15 downings.
Read more...Iran War: Quick Early Updates
Some of the latest Iran war sightings even as the fog of war and attempted narrative control is mighty thick.
Read more...Links 2/28/2026
US, ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN, START REGIONAL WAR; IRAN RETALIATES AGAINST ISRAEL, US BASES IN BAHRAIN, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR. UPDATE: ISRAEL TV REPORTS IRAN BLOCKS STRAIT OF HORMUZ
The US and Israel have launched a war against Iran. A great empire will fall.
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