Ukraine: Breakthrough on All Fronts Ahead of Schedule
The over-anticipated collapse in Ukraine’s combat capacity may finally be starting.
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The DEA Takes Aim at Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Misses Badly
“There was no evidence for what they were trying to say,” said former DEA agent Mike Vigil. “I did not see any evidence that López Obrador was involved, had knowledge or intention of receiving ‘hot money’ from drug traffickers.”
Read more...CBO and CMS Continue to Overestimate Health Care Cost Increases, Creating Unjustified Pressure to Cut Benefits
The CBO and CMS, keep overestimating health cost increase, and at least for the CBO, it’s due to neoliberal fealty.
Read more...What’s the Fate of Social Security in a Brutally Unequal America?
Presidential contenders ignore root causes threatening Social Security. Is it due to their reliance on wealthy donors?
Read more...Cancer in the Corn Belt Sparks Actions to Fight Farm Fertilizer Nitrate Contamination
Long-standing concerns about fertilizer runoff leading to toxic nitrates in water supplies look to be getting more traction.
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Identity Formation as a Stage of Human Development
Why identity is about sustainability, not uniqueness.
Read more...‘Rooftop Solar Is the Future, but It’s Also a Scam’
The solar panel business illustrate how corporations will always find the least acceptable solution to any problem, as they have with AI
Read more...Iraqi Militia Suspends Attacks on US Forces, Paving Way for Troop Withdrawal
“If true, this is the least bad outcome. Iraqi militias agree to stop targeting U.S. troops, who then can be safely removed.”
Read more...A Philosopher Looks at Work in Our Modern World
Thinking more deeply about what work is and how it is changing.
Read more...Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People
A society that refuses to provide safe and secure housing for every single person is a failure.
Read more...The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’
The FTC is scoring some early wins in challenging drug company overreach via using patents on delivery methods to extend drug patent life.
Read more...EU’s Digital Services Act Poses Existential Threat to Freedom of Speech in Europe, Warns Retired German Judge
“This legislation… is a Trojan horse: it presents a facade of respecting democratic principles… But behind this liberal facade, the exact opposite is happening: an attack is taking place against the constitutional order.”
Read more...Electric Vehicles Use Half the Energy of Gas-Powered Vehicles
An analysis of electric vehicles’ explains why they are much more efficient. But this take seems to omit some key variables.
Read more...Some Economic Effects of the Ongoing Covid Pandemic
A quick march through economic data and thinking about the Covid pandemic.
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