‘Infuriating’: Biden Rebuked for Continued Opposition to Supreme Court Expansion
Democrats mull various options, from Supreme Court expansion to abolition of the filibuster, the the wake of the overturn of Roe last Friday.
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade by 5-4 Vote, Thereby Leaving it to States to Make Their Own Abortion Laws
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion. States are once again free to impose their own arbortion restrictions, including outright bans.
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Boycotts in Sport May Not Advance Human Rights. But They Do Harm Individual Athletes
Wimbledon bans Russian athletes from this year’s tournamentnt. Other than virtue-signalling, what did its organisers hope to achieve?
Read more...How Effective Are Police?
Yves here. I hate to come off as a knee-jerk skeptic, but I question some of the premises of the post. First, Neuberger states, without a link to a study, that most people think solving crimes is the most uncontroversial/important thing police do (his statement about the popular view of the role of crime solving […]
Read more...How Greedy Corporations Fuel Inflation
How companies are adding to inflationary pressures by increasing prices when not warranted by costs.
Read more...How Energy-Efficiency Upgrades Can Improve Your Health
An energy upgrade to your house will often produce other bennies!
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“A Digital Road to Hell”: NYU School of Law Sounds Alarm on World Bank’s Digital Identity Programs
The World Bank and its partners “argue that investing in digital ID systems is paving the road to an equitable digital future.” But instead “they may well be paving a digital road to hell.”
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Read more...WTO 12th Ministerial Conference Continues Sorry Record of Anti-Worker, Anti-Developing Economy Policies
After pretenses that it might be more solicitous towards people, as opposed to big companies, the WTO followed the money masters.
Read more...Lithuania’s Step Too Far — Blockade of Kaliningrad Draws No Support from US, UK, EU, NATO, as Russia Prepares “Practical Steps”, “No Diplomacy”
If it doesn’t pull back on its interference with Russian shipments, Lithuania is set to get whacked for messing with Kaliningrad.
Read more...What Might the US Be Like Post-Roe v Wade? Look at Present-Day Nigeria
Yves here. This using Nigeria as a forecast for the US is hyperbolic, since even if Roe v. Wade is overruled or narrowed, it then becomes a states-rights matter, and quite a few states will allow for abortions and many are likely to strengthen their laws. Moreover, laws by states to criminalize abortions and facilitating […]
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Read more...How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor
The reintroduction of the long-lived, highly social condor has offered insight into the importance of parenting in the species.
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