Category Archives: Guest Post

Fateful Collision: NATO’s Drive to the East Versus Russia’s Sphere of Influence

How using the military alliance NATO for Euroepean-loyality-building ends has made it more and more of a threat to Russia.

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/7/2022

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The ‘China Shock’ of Trade in the 2000s Reverberates in US Politics and Economics

Belatedly learning from how trade losses to China damaged communities to determine how to shore them up.

Michael Hudson: On Debt Parasites

Michael Hudson’s favorite theme: why debt cancellation was a regular practice in ancient societies and what happens now that we’ve rejected it

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/6/2022

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Strong Earthquakes Spell Trouble For America’s Oil Heartland

It’s hardly a secret that fracking has produced a sharp increase in the frequency of earthquakes. But now they are becoming more severe too.

Lawrence Wilkerson: Is Biden Risking War by Pushing Taiwan Independence?

Larry Wilkerson discusses whether Biden is provoking a military response from China that could go nuclear.

Germs in the Family: The Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Endemic Respiratory Disease Spread

Garden-variety respiratory infections lead to more hospitalizations among infants than older kids and produce adverse long term results.

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/4/2022

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Links 1/4/2022

Mexico City Grapples With Acute Water Shortages, As “Day Zero” Approaches

Unless dramatic steps are taken, one of the world’s largest cities could face “Day Zero” — when supplies of water run so low that government must begin rationing the precious liquid — as early as 2028.