American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall: Rise in Suicides, Overdose Deaths the Big Culprit
America’s falling life expectancy is a symptom of rising social distress.
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Breaking Down What Climate Change Will Do, Region by Region
A brief recap of the newly-released Federal report on climate change.
Read more...How Economists Impede Addressing Climate Change
Earth to economists: you are a big part of the climate change problem.
Read more...Brexit Is an Issue Too Deep To Go Away: It Will Be the Theme of English Politics for Decades to Come
Musings about what Brexit will mean to the British people.
Read more...Moscow & NATO Playing a ‘Dangerous Tit-For-Tat Game’ in the Ukraine
The Ukraine-Russia row heats up again.
Read more...White House Doubles Down On Coal Despite New Climate Report
Yet more official climate change denialism…
Read more...Brexit: More Thrashing About
Expect Brexit craziness to get even worse.
Read more...Brexit: Even More Confusion
Brexit politics have become even more deranged.
Read more...Debunking One “Global Cooling” Argument
A quick kneecapping of some deliberate misconstruction on the global warming front.
Read more...Labour MPs Should Vote Against Theresa May’s Brexit Deal. It Is a Poison Pill
Labour wants to play a game of chicken with May over Brexit.
Read more...Brexit: Brexit Minister Raab Resigns; May to Face Hostile Parliament. Update: Two More Resignations, Bringing Total So Far to Four, Now Six
Another rough Brexit day for Theresa May in the offing.
Read more...Brexit: May at Her Marks to Run a Gauntlet. Update: Cabinet Approves Draft Agreement
Brexit spectacle is about to kick into a higher gear.
Read more...Brexit: A State Change Nigh? Updated: UK and EU Said to Reach Agreement; Key MPs Denounce It
If May does not get her vaunted Brexit breakthrough this Wednesday, the UK will have to start passing “no deal” emergency legislation and laying out funds for preparation. Expect the dial to go to 11 if that happens.
Read more...Boeing, Crapification, and the Lion Air Crash
Boeing looks culpable for the Lion Air crash that killed 189 people.
Read more...Australia’s New Grain Deliveries Plunge Due to Drought
Another sign of climate change induced stress, this one from Australia.
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