Forcible Removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla Signals a Dangerous Shift in American Democracy
Trump’s war against the Constitution, Congressional oversight powers, and legislation escalates with the man-handling of Senator Padilla
Read more...Trump’s war against the Constitution, Congressional oversight powers, and legislation escalates with the man-handling of Senator Padilla
Read more...Trump’s June 14 spectacle is an exploitation of the military for personal and political gain. Will No King protests make a dent?
Read more...The long path that has led Europe to see big defense spending will be a lifeline, hence the need to stoke war fever.
Read more...Parsing emerging information on the Israel campaign against Iran, and Iran’s initial response.
Read more...More on RFK, Jr. making shit up but attempting to wrap it in the mantle of science.
Read more...Cape Town’s drought illustrated that when climate crises become acute, the rich care for themselves irrespective of bigger effects.
Read more...On not-well-known elements of the US-Ukraine-Russia conflict, the fecklessness of the left, and the abject stupidity of Western leaders
Read more...Two recent books seem unduly complacent about the status of the dollar as reserve currency.
Read more...It can’t be said too often: what most economists call growth is too often what we here call groaf.
Read more...Researchers projects that “big beautiful bill” cuts to public health insurance coverage may lead to upwards of 51,000 deaths a year.
Read more...Many, and perhapse even most, young American men have soured on sex. What could be responsible?
Read more...A new paper confirms early doubts that LLMs could ever meet AI boosters’ claims that they were intelligent.
Read more...Yes, the US is in the midst of multifaceted institutional collapse. But to see Trump as the cause as opposed to an accelerant is misguided.
Read more...Estimating the costs of the Trump trade war to Americans and foreign players.
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