NYC Sheriff Miranda Hawked ‘Gimmick’ COVID Protection Just Before Mayor Adams Hired Him
Anthony Miranda touted the ‘virus buster’ with a convicted racketeer and a Queens business leader embroiled in an Elon Musk-imposter spectacle
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A Musical Interlude of Many Instruments
Now for somthing completely different…on the musical front.
Read more...Why Washington Underwrites Violence in Ukraine
The ranks of Ukraine and US hegemony believers are starting to thin. But not soon enough.
Read more...“Lessons for a Pandemic”
Lessons learned, and not, from a pandemic that isn’t over.
Read more...The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition
Inadequate grid capacity all over the globe raises doubts about the viability of green energy plans, at least at scale.
Read more...Amid Global Debate, UN Plastics Treaty at Risk of Falling Short
The war on plastics has put recycling in its crosshairs.
Read more...The Loss of Executive Function in the West
On the decay of executive function, or why just about no one seems able to manage his way out of a paper bag.
Read more...The Assisted Dying Debate Is Really About How We Treat the Living
A recent push to legalize assisted dying in France obscures more fundamental problems that plague end-of-life care.
Read more...Our Disappearing Shoreline
A brief look at the process of shoreline erosion.
Read more...Mood-Altering Mushroom Sales Bloom Despite Safety Concerns
upposedly psychoactive mushroooms are now widely availalble in the US, with no supervision of potency or purity.
Read more...Links 5/31/2023
The Wars We Are Discouraged From Seeing
How the media anesthetizes the American pulblic to our role in wars and their costs.
Read more...No Bargain: Big Money and the Debt Ceiling Deal
What is the real reason Democratic party leaders go along with the debt ceiling ritual?
Read more...How Declining Population Growth Might Portend a Future of Increasing Resource Scarcity
Slowing and stallling population growth could actually increase resource demands.
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