Trump’s Peace Plan and the Future of Palestine
Trying to cut through the noise of Trump’s Palestine deal-making efforts.
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The UK’s Dubious Role in the New Tanker War With Iran
Unpacking the issues in the seizure of an Iranian tanker.
Read more...“The Ten Brexit Questions No-One’s Giving a Straight Answer To”
A short Brexit update and some questions on the state of Labour.
Read more...As Flood Risks Rise Across the US, It’s Time to Recognize the Limits of Levees
How levees become counterproductive as flood severity increases.
Read more...CalPERS’ Long-Term Care Policy Train Wreck – Is Bankruptcy the End Game?
CalPERS’ long-term care policy mess is even worse than industry norms, which is saying quite a lot.
Read more...737 Max May Stay Grounded into 2020; Why Does Boeing CEO Muilenburg Still Have a Job?
Boeing remains mired in its 737 Max mess.
Read more...Climate Change Lawsuits Increase Globally
Climate change litigation is increasing globally from initial US origins. These legal actions will continue to grow as the crisis accelerates.
Read more...A World Without Ice
Looking at the impact of the loss of ice in nature.
Read more...Deutsche Bank Highlights a Society at Risk
Why the erosion of personal standards has become a collective risk.
Read more...Brexit: Will Boris or Won’t He?
Does Johnson have any Brexit wriggle room?
Read more...A Way Out from Rock Bottom: Economic Policies Can Reduce Deaths of Despair
Looking at how specific income-boosting policies reduce deaths.
Read more...PG&E Neglected Maintenance for Years Despite Known Fire Risk; Judge Demands Prompt and Clear Answers to WSJ Expose
A Wall Street Journal expose of PG&E’s willful failure to maintain its transmission lines, directly tied to California’s most lethal fire, led a judge to demand answers.
Read more...Recycling Woes: Indonesia Sends Waste Shipment Back to Australia
Developing countries are refusing to accept shipments of waste for recycling; China’s new rules on scrap metal may disrupt the worldwide market for such recycling.
Read more...‘Completely Terrifying’: Study Warns Carbon-Saturated Oceans Headed Toward Tipping Point That Could Unleash Mass Extinction Event
Carbon levels could be approaching a threshold that could trigger ocean acidification similar to that which contributed to previous mass extinction events.
Read more...Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
A clinical look at the Administration’s disingenuous Iran spin.
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