Why Population Aging Demands Looking Beyond Chronological Age
Experts are trying to get a handle on biological aging of the population, as opposed to calendar ages. But are the methods all that good?
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Links 12/14/2024
Tom Neuburger: The Media’s Bizarre Treatment of the Mangione Case
The press hesitates to fully report the alleged Mangione murder. Class interests at work?
Read more...The Democratic Party Faces Its Day of Reckoning
A good recap of how the Democratic Party sold out the working class to become the fake opposition. But what comes next?
Read more...NYC Mayor Adams Trying to Wriggle Free from Sanctuary City Restrictions; Has “Same Desire” as Trump Border Czar
NYC Mayor Adams will work with the Trump Administration to remove illegal aliens who have committed crimes. What about sanctuary city laws?
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“Anti-Western or Non-Western? The Nuanced Geopolitics of BRICS”
More on how much and what kind of influence BRICS might wield when it grows up.
Read more...A Heart Attack and Stroke Drug That Saves Lives Exists—But American Patients May Be Left Behind by Profit-Driven Healthcare
An example of medical industry inertia and profit priorities thwarting better treatments, here new clot-busters for heart attacks and strokes
Read more...Warren Bill Would Stop Companies From Placing Shareholder Paydays Over Worker Rights
Warren revives a bill intended to put shareholder obligations in their proper place: at the bottom.
Read more...“Russia Dodged a Bullet by Wisely Choosing Not To Ally With the Now-Defeated Resistance Axis”
Another post-mortem on Syria’s collapse, here on the Russia-Axis of Resistance non-relationship.
Read more...Unveiling the Antarctic ‘Plastisphere’, a Unique and Potentially Hazardous New Ecosystem – New Research
On the growth of a plastisphere in the Antarctic.
Read more...The Increasing Cost of Buying American
Looking at the costs versus purported benefits of programs that require or encourage Federal agencies to purchase American products.
Read more...The Collapse of Syria, BRICS, and Wishful Thinking
How the sudden collapse of the Syrian government exposes fundamental weaknesses in the BRICS initiative.
Read more...In the Trump Administration Crosshairs: Cell Phone Radiation
In 2020, RFK Jr.’s nonprofit sued the FCC over 5G cell phone radiation safety. As HHS secretary, he’d have the power to upend the tech.
Read more...Should the NYC Council Revisit Airbnb Restrictions? Rival City Hall Rallies Fight it Out.
The fight between AirBnB and tenants in New York City enters a new chapter as the city considers relaxing its short-term rental ban.
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